How to dispose of Nov 11 shopping day waste?

Are you ready to loosen your purse strings on online shopping gala on Nov 11 to avail yourself of the many discounts on offer?

Domestic online shopping platforms have turned Nov 11 into a shopping carnival in China, which has also been attracting an increasing number of buyers from abroad. In 2015 alone, the sales volume on Alibaba, a domestic online shopping platform, reached 91.2 billion yuan ($13.5 billion) within 24 hours on Nov 11. The sales of eight commodities, including watches, nuts and cellphones broke the Guinness record.

But there is downside to the shopping carnival. Most, if not all, of the products sold on the day have to be packaged well and sent through couriers. And the proper disposal of the materials used to package them has become a problem.