A lot of e-commerce online shopping started booming since the beginning of the Global Pandemic. Consumers find online shopping convenient especially because it can lessen the risk of being infected by the fast-spreading Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19). Then, the problem in our environment also increased because of the abundant usage of plastics as a packaging in e-commerce online shopping for delivering their goods or products.

Plastic pollution is very known and visible in Asian countries, one of the biggest environmental issues and continuously contaminate our ocean and land. Plastics on the oceans can be consumed by aquatic animals and some may be served in our plates one day. E-commerce online shopping has been popular and been selling a million of products, this only means that each of these products are packaged with plastics. 

It only takes us a minute, even seconds, to hold a plastic then throw it to the trashcans. We should start planning on how to reduce/stop further damage to our Earth and we can simply start by minimizing our use of plastics. Popular e-commerce online shopping, may take the initiation to start using biodegradable plastics or any possible alternative to reduce our plastic waste. We consumers may also have the initiative to support petitions like this and become a more responsible buyers.

Checkout these links for more information:

• Environmental Effects: Plastic Pollution
• How does Plastic Affect the Environment