The growth of e-commerce has made shopping more convenient for consumers, especially during the past year as the world grappled with stay-at-home orders because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it has also put more vehicles on the road and shipping boxes into the supply chain.
The result is a global increase in carbon dioxide (CO2). According to Shopify, the e-commerce platform designed for many smaller retailers, greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere are at their highest levels in history,...
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