Promote use of greener packaging to prevent plastic killing the oceans

A RECENT NATIONAL SURVEY on logistics shows that the number of deliveries in 2016 reached 31.2 billion. This represents huge quantities of environmentally harmful adhesive tape and plastic packaging materials: China Youth Daily comments:

While enjoying the convenience of express deliveries, few of us stop to think about where all the plastic packaging materials end up. Data show that not only do they become landfill, they now also show a trend of polluting the oceans as well.

At the UN Ocean Conference, held from June 5 to 9, it was pointed out that pollution is seriously hurting the health of our oceans. By the year 2050, the total weight of plastic in the oceans might exceed that of fish.