Minimizing e-commerce’s carbon impact: How one company is accomplishing it
EcoCart gives consumers and shippers the opportunity to purchase carbon offsets at checkout 450 4 minutes read Customers concerned about their carbon footprint when ordering online can utilize companies like EcoCart, which provides a carbon offsetting option for each delivery. (Photo: Shutterstock)
The growth of e-commerce has made shopping more convenient for consumers, especially during the past year as the world grappled with stay-at-home orders because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it has also put more vehicles on the road and shipping boxes into the supply chain.
The result is a global increase in carbon dioxide (CO2). According to Shopify, the e-commerce platform designed for many smaller retailers, greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere are at their highest levels in history, sitting at 400 parts per million (ppm). For comparison, CO2 sat at 280 ppm prior to the Industrial Revoluti
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the road to medicare for all, precisely the road the gop says it takes but no doubt is unconstitutional. the case is set aside for oral arguments for six hours over three days, the most a court has spent on a case in 45 days. the average case just gets one hour. the crazy thing is there are no cameras or transcripts allowed, even though 3000 people slated to get health care could lose it. why should we see if nine lekd people throw ought a policy change in a generation? we start with mike sachs, and jeffrey rosen, george washington law professor. welcome, gentlemen. mar mike, let me start with you. there are four separate legal issues the state is taking up. i ll start with the main event. the first biggest case that s coming before is on tuesday, actually. the cases start on monday, but on tuesday there will be two hours dedicated to the constitutionality of the original mandate. the next day there will abe case about an hour and a half over whether if a mandate falls, oth