{"id":226748,"date":"2023-01-16T12:01:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T12:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=226748"},"modified":"2023-01-10T08:38:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T08:38:20","slug":"the-reusable-shipping-bags-that-could-solve-online-shoppings-plastic-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2023\/01\/the-reusable-shipping-bags-that-could-solve-online-shoppings-plastic-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reusable Shipping Bags That Could Solve Online Shopping&#8217;s Plastic Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Story-of-Stuff-Project-logo.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-226750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Story-of-Stuff-Project-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>1 Dec 2022 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, a total of 13.5 billion packages were shipped in the United States alone \u2014 that&#8217;s a whole lot of single-use plastic packaging. Companies like <em>RePack<\/em> are beginning to offer an innovative new business model, leasing reusable bags to retailers that sell goods online. Using a service like <em>RePack<\/em> can save up to 80% of CO2 emissions from shipping and reduce packaging waste by 99%.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=afZKxemgYLs<br \/>\n<em>The Story of Stuff Project is a nonprofit organization working to transform the way we make, use, and throw away Stuff so that it is better for people and the planet.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 Dec 2022 &#8211; Companies like RePack are beginning to offer an innovative new business model, leasing reusable bags to retailers that sell goods online. Using a service like RePack can save up to 80% of CO2 emissions from shipping and reduce packaging waste by 99%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[401,895,1119],"class_list":["post-226748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-short-video-clips","tag-environment","tag-plastic","tag-plastic-pollution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}