Lawmakers seek switch to greener deliveries

National legislators called on the government to set up a national green packaging standard for the express delivery industry and also to offer incentives to encourage delivery companies to transition to biodegradable packaging materials.

Many Chinese cities have seen waste pile up and the country's booming express delivery industry is part of the problem.

According to recent data from the State Post Bureau, 3.2 billion plastic woven bags, 8.6 billion cardboard boxes and 330 million rolls of adhesive tape were consumed in about 31 billion deliveries in 2016.