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Figure 2. Estimated annual e-commerce plastic packaging use in 2019 to 2025

Source: Statista (Jaganmohan, 2024)
Protective packaging, such as plastic wraps and bubble wrap, accounted for 35%
of global e-commerce plastic packaging usage in 2019. This made it the most widely
used type of plastic packaging that year. The total usage of e-commerce plastic
packaging in 2019 was approximately 2.1 billion pounds. It is expected that the use of
e-commerce plastic packaging will continue to rise in the coming years, with estimates
reaching around 4.5 billion pounds by 2025. In 2019, plastic packaging waste from
e-commerce was estimated to exceed one billion kg worldwide.

Figure 3. The average number of products/services purchased online by a person
in a year

Source: Vietnam E-commerce White Paper, Ministry of Industry and Trade, 2023
This study shows that 5% of the Vietnamese population purchases over 50 online
products/services per year. This means that 5% of the population buys 250,000,000

online products and services. Consequently, the amount of e-commerce waste released
into the environment is substantial. According to Ms. Lai Viet Anh, Deputy Director of
the Department of E-Commerce and Digital Economy (Ministry of Industry and

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