Environmental Engineering

Environmentally responsible engineering is efficient engineering. Doing more with less. Creating machines that are made of fewer materials and consume less energy, but perform better and last longer. A mix of technological leaps and many small steps. Revolution and evolution in order to improve.

Each year millions of Dyson vacuum cleaners, hand dryers and fans are transported around the world. We strive to do this in the most energy efficient way.

Leaner Logistics

Dyson machines are manufactured in the Far East and shipped all over the world - as efficiently as possible. Where possible, boxes are loaded directly into shipping containers (rather than first stacking boxes onto wooden pallets and then into containers). "Floor loading" is eradicating wooden pallets. It's done away with the need for methyl bromide fumigation too.

Shipping Efficiency

No pallets means more machines fit in a shipping container. Our engineers, packaging designers and logistics team work together so that our machines and packaging are the optimal size to fit the maximum number of boxes in one shipping container. No wasted space means no wasted fuel.

On land we maximise the use of railways or barges to get our machines from port to the warehouse. For example a machine bought in New York, will have come into port on the West Coast, travelled across the States on a train to the warehouse in Chicago and then only the final leg by road.

DC24 box

We're reducing the volume of our packaging. A re-designed Dyson DC24 box will use 25% less cardboard.

Packaging

Dyson packaging is engineered to protect and present our machines - while using material as efficiently as possible. The bulk of our packaging is recycled corrugated cardboard and is fully recyclable. Through improved design of our boxes we have reduced the amount of packaging material used. For example our re-designed packaging for the Dyson DC24 will use approximately 25 per cent less cardboard.

Greener Transport

Our offices are equipped with video conferencing suites - reducing air travel. In two years our air travel bill - and the related carbon emissions - has been cut by 75 per cent.

Our UK pool car fleet is made up of hybrid Toyotas. Meanwhile, our fleet of field service engineers use energy efficient diesel-powered vans.

We've set up a car-sharing scheme for people travelling to and from our headquarters in Malmesbury, UK. In the space of just two months, over 40,000 miles of travel have been saved, equating to over 4,000 trees and 13 tonnes of carbon dioxide. Now we're setting up a similar scheme for our teams in Malaysia and Singapore.

Dyson proves no loss of suction and pick up performance using results from IEC60312 Cl 2.2, 2.3, 2.8, 2.9, ASTM F2607, F608 and F558, and DTM755 - an independently conducted Dyson test. Dyson proves Dyson’s most advanced cleanerhead technology and engineered to pick up more dirt based on the results of IEC 60312 Cl 2.2, 2.3, 2.8, ASTM F2607, F608 and F558, and DTM 755- an independently conducted Dyson test. ASTHMA & ALLERGY FRIENDLY and the ASTHMA & ALLERGY FRIENDLY LOGO are Certification Marks and Trademarks of ALLERGY STANDARDS LIMITED. AAFA is a Registered Trademark of the ASTHMA AND ALLERGY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA.The following Dyson uprights on Dyson.com have been certified Asthma & Allergy Friendly™: DC14, DC17, DC22, DC23 Turbinehead, DC24, DC25 and DC28. The tools that come with Dyson vacuums are not yet certified as Asthma & Allergy Friendly™.