3. Buy in Bulk
Since every online purchase requires packaging, having several items delivered at once can reduce waste generation immensely. Requesting items to be shipped together also prevents the individual packaging of items, but is only possible if items are shipped from the same warehouse or vendor.
4. Support Sustainable Businesses
Try shopping from more eco-friendly outlets that do away with single-use plastic packaging. A number of local and international businesses have begun packaging deliveries in cloth bags and recycled materials instead.
These eco-friendly enterprises include:
- Baliza Shop
- Bamboo Straw Girl
- Scoop Wholefoods
- Utama Spice
- Lush
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5. Bring Your Own Bag
According to the Singapore Environment Council, Singaporeans use about 820 million plastic bags annually for supermarket shopping alone.
To combat this frightening overuse of plastic, BYO Singapore encourages consumers to bring their own tote bags, tumblers and reusable containers, and lists merchants where discounts or other rewards are offered for reusables.