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Sustainable eCommerce: Examples of Environmentally Friendly Online Retail

Ware2Go

Those returns often can’t be re-sold, or retailers will lose money on a resale. A full 66% of consumers said they would be more likely to purchase from a brand with a sustainable shipping option, as long as they could still receive their item in 2 days or less. And we haven’t even begun to talk about waste. million cars to the road.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

David Ho, a climate scientist at the University of Hawaii, wasn’t buying it. Speaking of the holidays, retailers are beginning to prep for the busy season. Aside from cutting down trees to make the straws, it turned out that the straws were not recyclable, so there was just as much waste. It’s kind of silly.

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Ho Ho No! Port Congestion and Supply Chain Delays Threaten to Disrupt Christmas

Resilinc

The extreme port congestion and container shortages that drastically reduced shipping out of Southern China last month have eased, but as freight volumes from Yantian and other Pearl River Delta ports recover, the rebound will send another wave of disruptions through the troubled global shipping network, according to American Shipper.

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Vakil: chip shortage expected to last into 2023

Resilinc

On top of the semiconductor shortages, shipping congestion and port disruptions portend a chaotic holiday shopping season. Hawaii Foreign Trade Zone’s Trade News Weekly reported last week that Chinese ports are experiencing congestion even more severe than U.S. And that may not be soon enough.

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Sustainable eCommerce: Five Brands Leading the Way

Ware2Go

Those returns often can’t be re-sold, or retailers will lose money on a resale. A report by Oceana estimates that we could circle the world 500 times with just the protective plastic pillows Amazon shipped out in their packages in 2019. And we haven’t even begun to talk about waste.

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Climate Change: Companies Must Step-up as Governments Fail to Act

Enterra Insights

From wildfires in Greece and Hawaii to the tropical storm that dumped a record amount of rainfall on Los Angeles, extreme climate-related events have filled the headlines. 7] Stephan Liozu, “ The Sustainability Ship Has Sailed. This year has been another wild one on the weather front. Cities will bear the brunt. 8] David G.

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Getting Christmas Goods on Time: FedEx and UPS Roll Out Holiday Shipping Deadlines

Intelligent Audit

Holiday shipping schedules for parcel carriers, FedEx , UPS, and USPS are now available. The dates are near mirror images of shipping deadlines for the 2019 and 2020 peak seasons. Holiday Shipping Deadlines for UPS. The shipping deadline for delivery by December 24, 2021, delivery depends on the service level.