No one questions the fact that ecommerce packaging waste is a major problem, clogging the planet with yet more plastic and cardboard. The twofold question then becomes, what is being done about it, ...

Plastics manufacturers and their customers in the European Union are under constant pressure to reduce the volume of plastics used in packaging, not least by the 2004 EU packaging and packaging waste ...

If you buy a smoothie in Portland, Oregon, the drink might come in a compostable plastic cup, a choice a thoughtful owner might make to make their operations more sustainable. You might think, at a ...

A major retail chain has adopted The Last Box, Returnity's reusable packaging box solution, in a move hoped to streamline ...

SINGAPORE: A new set of guidelines was introduced on Tuesday (Mar 4) to help the e-commerce sector minimise its packaging waste, including seven specific ways to cut down on cardboard box usage. The ...

The initiative is intended to phase out the use of disposable cardboard that have traditionally been part of store operations ...

E-commerce is a growing channel for Walmart, and associated waste and packaging are some of the company’s priority areas as it tackles emissions — particularly Scope 3, or value chain, emissions.

This article is part of Taming the Gig Economy, a special report from POLITICO’s Global Policy Lab: Living Cities. Sign up here. Estonia's digital prowess helped the country survive the Covid-19 ...

Boxes: everyone uses them, everyone ends up with way too many of them in the basement, and yet no one seems interested in improving them. Except for LivingPackets, that is, a startup focused on ...

In 2013, analysts at one firm estimated that Amazon shipped 608 million packages in the U.S. alone, meaning the retailer sent over 1.5 million packages each day. This is a convenient and expedient way ...