MANILA, Philippines — Public interest groups have urged top e-commerce sites such as Shoppee and Lazada to reduce their plastic use and packaging waste as they mount their respective 11.11 one-day super online sale. They presented recommendations to the online shopping sites and others to cut down on their plastic use and packaging waste:1. Make public their plastic footprint (i.e., types and quantities of plastic packaging materials used annually);2. Adopt a plastic packaging waste prevention and reduction policy, including plastic-free packaging choice at checkout, returning used packages with reverse logistics and other schemes, and incentives for reduced packaging;3. Transition to ecological and safe options for delivering goods, including appropriate product packaging, to reduce disposable and unnecessary plastic and packaging waste;4.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 11, 2020 06:33 UTC