Recycled cardboard is by far the most popular format of sustainable packaging in e-commerce. In 2023, a U.S. survey showed that nearly 62 percent of shoppers supported this category of packaging more other materials like biodegradable packaging peanuts (46.5 percent) or biodegradable plastics and recycled plastics (42 percent). Innovative packaging materials like cornstarch, mushroom, and seaweed packaging are still relatively unpopular, according to the survey.
Share of online shoppers supporting sustainable e-commerce packaging in the United States in 2023
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Bizrate Insights. (September 7, 2023). Share of online shoppers supporting sustainable e-commerce packaging in the United States in 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 16, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1465379/sustainable-e-commerce-packaging-popularity-united-states/
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Bizrate Insights. "Share of Online Shoppers Supporting Sustainable E-commerce Packaging in The United States in 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1465379/sustainable-e-commerce-packaging-popularity-united-states/
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