There’s nothing like the thrill of getting something you ordered online in the mail. Many e-commerce packages are sent in materials that are harmful to the environment, but a new wave of companies is setting out to create more sustainable packaging solutions.
There’s nothing like the thrill of getting something you ordered online in the mail. Part of the joy and convenience of ordering items online is when they actually arrive. But that packaging that wraps those perfect items could actually be hurting the environment.
Many e-commerce packages are sent in materials that are harmful to the environment, but a new wave of companies is setting out to create more sustainable packaging solutions.Online shopping packaging contributes huge amounts of waste.Startups are creating sustainable packaging from recycled materials. In order to provide a complete customer experience, e-commerce companies need to take steps towards sustainable packaging.are shipped in the U.S., which uses enough cardboard to equal more than 1 billion trees. That doesn’t even consider the waste from the plastic air bags and additional packaging that keep items safe in transit. Other common packaging options aren’t much better. Many packages contain materials that are difficult to recycle and are harmful to the environment. Many e-commerce companies, including Amazon, have started packaging more items in bubble mailers, which are lighter and allow for more items to be placed on planes and trucks. However, mixed materials of plastic and bubble wrap often can’t be recycled and insteadand slow down the process. When a bubble mailer gets stuck in the recycling machinery, the entire system has to be shut down to cut the package free. The materials not only aren’t recyclable themselves, they literally stop other items from being recycled. —many retailers are increasing their sustainability efforts to cut back on packaging. Amazon, the largest e-commerce retailer in the world, offers “frustration free” packaging on some items, which sends items in their original packaging without excess boxes. Amazon recently doubled down on its efforts in the program by asking vendors to adopt new packaging standards and threatening to fine small retailers if they don’t comply. It also introduced a new program for Prime members earlier this year that allows customers to choose their “Amazon Day” and get multiple orders delivered on the same day in an effort to combine orders and cut back on packaging. By cutting back on overboxing, or items being sent in multiple boxes, Amazon has
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