The Dark Side Of Online Shopping Nobody Wants to Talk About

Amazon’s plastic footprint is like to be higher in 2021 as it continues to have record-breaking sales as more people shop online.

There will be days when my day revolves around waiting for the items I bought online, to arrive. I seldom shop online, but like many, the circumstances of 2020 and 2021 have made me an online shopper.

Don’t judge me. I even buy my meals and groceries online.

I know of friends who have done retail therapy. There must be no shame as we have our own ways to cope with what is happening worldwide.

It only means one thing. There is excessive use of single-use plastic in the packaging needed for all the items sold online, to arrive safely to our homes.

A few days ago, I recently moved to a new place. While there is a feeling of joy whenever an item I bought online arrives, I would jokingly ask myself, in my Mari Kondo moment, “ Does this brings me joy?”

One day, I had a few items that arrived at the same time. After unboxing everything, joy turned into sadness. I saw the amount of packaging, plastics, boxes that I need to throw.

While commendable, there is a lot that we need to do for Mother Earth and the environment. It has to be a concerted effort between big companies, the government, and us, the online consumers.

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