Live Breaking News & Updates on New Plastic Economy Global Commitment

Stay updated with breaking news from New plastic economy global commitment. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Online shopping has boomed in the pandemic. But what about all the packaging?

Online shopping has boomed in the pandemic. But what about all the packaging?
Vox.com
1/8/2021
© Getty Images
Everyone’s shopping online by necessity, but packaging waste hasn’t improved.
At a Cost Plus World Market in Oakland, California, masked shoppers are filing in with their holiday near-misses. They’re not just bringing back Ikat dinnerware and burlap wall art that didn’t quite hit the gifting mark, however. The Happy Returns “bar” within accepts unwanted items from digitally native brands like Eloquii, Everlane, and Rothy’s, which it refunds with a scan of a QR code.
Similar bars in malls, college campuses, and inside stores like World Market across the country are doing an equally brisk trade. Online return rates are three to four times higher than brick-and-mortar stores, David Sobie, the company’s co-founder and CEO, explains. And amid the pandemic, returns, like e-commerce, are surging like never before. ....

United States , Matt Littlejohn , Adam Gendell , Sarahm Kaufman , David Sobie , Ayeshah Abuelhiga , David Pinsky , York University Rudin Center , Fiber Box Association , Sustainable Packaging Coalition , Mason Dixie Biscuit Co , Getty Images Everyone , Cost Plus World Market , Happy Returns , World Market , Mason Dixie Biscuit , Dixie Biscuit , Fiber Box , Material Recovery Facility , Big Box , Instant Pot , Happy Return Sobie , Ellen Macarthur Foundation , New Plastic Economy Global Commitment , New York University Rudin Center , Amazon India ,

Online shopping packaging waste has boomed in the pandemic

Getty Images
This story is part of a group of stories called
At a Cost Plus World Market in Oakland, California, masked shoppers are filing in with their holiday near-misses. They’re not just bringing back Ikat dinnerware and burlap wall art that didn’t quite hit the gifting mark, however. The Happy Returns “bar” within accepts unwanted items from digitally native brands like Eloquii, Everlane, and Rothy’s, which it refunds with a scan of a QR code.
Similar bars in malls, college campuses, and inside stores like World Market across the country are doing an equally brisk trade. Online return rates are three to four times higher than brick-and-mortar stores, David Sobie, the company’s co-founder and CEO, explains. And amid the pandemic, returns, like e-commerce, are surging like never before. ....

United States , Matt Littlejohn , Adam Gendell , Sarahm Kaufman , David Sobie , Ayeshah Abuelhiga , David Pinsky , York University Rudin Center , Fiber Box Association , Sustainable Packaging Coalition , Mason Dixie Biscuit Co , Cost Plus World Market , Happy Returns , World Market , Mason Dixie Biscuit , Dixie Biscuit , Fiber Box , Material Recovery Facility , Big Box , Instant Pot , Happy Return Sobie , Ellen Macarthur Foundation , New Plastic Economy Global Commitment , New York University Rudin Center , Amazon India , ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில் ,