Greenpeace is calling on e-commerce giants Lazada and Shopee to reduce the plastic packaging used for products they ship, saying they greatly contribute to environmental waste.

The group launched an online campaign to step up the pressure on Lazada and Shopee to come up with more environment-friendly ways of delivering products.

Greenpeace said the campaign has racked up over 15,000 signatures and counting.

“Once our orders reach our doorsteps, however, we are also confronted with another problem: unnecessary plastic packaging waste. It takes an average of just 12 minutes for plastic packaging to transfer from consumer hands to the trash bin,” Greenpeace said, noting that each person accumulates some 12.4 kilograms of packaging waste.

“As much as consumers are responsible for waste disposal, so too are corporations accountable for the plastic they end up producing, especially unnecessary plastic packaging,” the group added.

Greenpeace said there’s no excuse for Lazada and Shopee to use more sustainable packaging materials if these can be done by ordinary people and small businesses.

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Balot na balot sa bubblewrap! Lazada, Shopee urged to reduce plastic waste
Source: Filipino Daily Inquirer