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Time to tackle growing packaging waste problem

By Ma Zhiping | China Daily | Updated: 2016-03-09 08:00

A package I recently received from an e-tailer helped me truly understand what "intensive care wrapping" means.

It came inside plastic bags, foam and cartons, and was sealed with layers of adhesive tape. The wrapping filled up my rubbish bin.

Experts estimate that if a single package weighs 200 grams, the total weight of the 20.6 billion express parcels sent in China last year will amount to around 4.12 metric million tons. That could occupy more than 200,000 soccer pitches and the tape used to wrap these parcels would circle the Earth more than 300 times.

Time to tackle growing packaging waste problem

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