The protection of Marine ecosystems cannot avoid the problem of plastic pollution in the ocean. As a special product of human activities, plastic is greatly damaging and endangering the Marine ecosystem. According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report, there are currently between 75m and 199m tonnes of plastic waste in the oceans, accounting for 85 per cent of the total weight of Marine debris.
Without effective interventions, the amount of plastic waste entering aquatic ecosystems each year is expected to nearly triple by 2040 to 23-37 million tons per year.
With the booming development of e-commerce industry, disposable plastic packaging used in express packaging has also joined the source of Marine plastic waste, causing serious environmental pollution.
In order to reduce the environmental impact of express packaging, many e-commerce platforms have started packaging emission reduction actions, some of which are quite innovative. Take a look at the packaging practices of Amazon, Target, eBay, Zalora, Avocadostore and Bol.com.