The report listed the 10 countries that produced the most plastic packaging waste from ecommerce in 2019. China and the U.S. far surpass the U.K., the third-leading country.
— In a seminal report titled “Amazon’s Plastic Problem Revealed,” Oceana, a nonprofit ocean-advocacy organization, described the amount of plastic packaging waste generated worldwide by ecommerce generally and Amazon specifically. “Amazon has a plastic problem,” the report stated, adding that in 2019 the company produced enough plastic air pillow waste to circle the Earth 500 times.
In a seminal report titled “Amazon’s Plastic Problem Revealed,” Oceana, a nonprofit ocean-advocacy organization, described the amount of plastic packaging waste generated worldwide by ecommerce generally and Amazon specifically. “Amazon has a plastic problem,” the report stated, adding that in 2019 the company produced enough plastic air pillow waste to circle the Earth 500 times.
In a seminal report titled “Amazon’s Plastic Problem Revealed,” Oceana, a nonprofit ocean-advocacy organization, described the amount of plastic packaging waste generated worldwide by ecommerce generally and Amazon specifically. “Amazon has a plastic problem,” the report stated, adding that in 2019 the company produced enough plastic air pillow waste to circle the Earth 500 times.
It also described the types of plastic waste generated by the ecommerce industry in 2019.
