Ep 230: E-commerce and delivery's packaging problem

Mar 1, 2021

Marshall Hughes, Director (Oceania) at Packoorang, joins me to talk about packaging, recycling, and the circular economy:

• Boom in e-commerce means boom in cardboard and plastic
• Figures on cardboard and plastic recycling and wastage
• Consumer behaviour and packaging
• Box sizes and shipping air
• Government rules on waste and recycling
• Green zones
• What the circular economy is and how it relates to e-commerce and delivery
• Financial benefit to reusable packaging / courier bags
• Marketing benefit to being part of the circular economy
• Packoorang recyclable bags, packaging, and pallets
• Reverse logistics for recycling
• Dropping off recyclable products at retail outlets… or even lockers!
• Reporting environmental impact from Packoorang data
• The need for action - driven by the government or e-commerce retailers