The biggest problem for the online retail industry is the abundant use of packaging, for everything from books and clothing to larger items like furniture. And it is now going to be solved in China.
China’s online retail industry, the world’s largest, is one of the key sectors identified by regulators to be subjected to a timetable to come up with more sustainable packaging solutions. This covers emissions arising from delivery of the packages, production of packaging materials, and e-commerce transactions’ data storage and processing.