2020 Singles' Day (Nov 11), the (large) onlineshopping spree (狂欢) in China, saw a new high of about 675 millionpackages delivered. Yet the huge amounts of packaging waste(produce) by the delivery services have raised concernsover environmental effect.
It's estimated (估计) that more than 9 million tons of paper wasteabout 1.8 million tons of plastic waste are produced bythe delivery sector every year.
According a new survey which rates the performanceof China's nine major delivery companies in green delivery packaging,nearly 70 percent of people are involved in the surveysaid they had never used or received reusable packaging.
Using reusable packaging (be) an important wayto cut packaging waste from the source, but only four out of the ninecompanies surveyed have taken (act) to put recyclableboxes into use.
In terms of the types of packaging recycled, the delivery companies(main) recycle paper boxes but plastic packaging hasnot been included in their recycling programs.
In June, the State Post Bureau released a guideline (manage) green packaging. The guideline calls for (use) reusable and lighter materials. It also urges companies to set uprecycling bins at delivery stations for wrapping.
