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Topic Reading-Vol.2777-11/18/2019
Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Report sheds light on waste in booming delivery services
Alibaba’s online platforms sold goods worth $38 billion on November 11, Singles’ Day, alone, easily surpassing last year’s record $30.7 billion mark. And this world’s largest sales event isn’t limited only to Alibaba, but other online retailers took part in the festivity drawing over half a billion shoppers. However, this and following few days are the worst time for the environment. The delivery of the goods purchased by a single click or touch.
China’s express delivery businesses are fast-growing and creating more paper and plastic waste every day. It is estimated that the carbon emissions from these delivery packaging services reached 13 million tons last year, which requires over 700 million trees to neutralize.
But China is not a country that sits still before problems. They often act quickly and decisively. Last month, the Post Bureau announced regulations that require 70% of packaging materials used by express delivery services to be renewable by the end of the year. That’s a substantial increase from today’s 44%. How will those service companies procure renewable packaging materials in such a short period of time? If they’ve already used conventional materials for the Singles’ Day deliveries, it would be extremely difficult to achieve the number.
Enjoy reading the article and think about how much waste you are creating per click or touch.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201911/12/WS5dca5740a310cf3e35576dc7.html
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