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Flipkart achieves zero single-use plastic packaging in supply chain

Flipkart has also ensured it is fully compliant with all EPR rules and through its network of recyclers, the equivalent quantity of single-use plastic going to consumers is fully recycled

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Flipkart is now actively working with its seller partners who fulfil customer orders directly from their locations to educate them and enable them to move towards alternative materials.

Peerzada Abrar Bengaluru

3 min read Last Updated : Jul 07 2021 | 6:15 PM IST

Walmart-owned e-commerce firm Flipkart said it has eliminated all single-use plastic packaging used across its fulfillment centres in the country. This is in line with the commitment the Bengaluru-based firm had made to move to plastic-free packaging in its own supply chain by 2021.

This has been achieved across more than 70 facilities of Flipkart spread all over India. Flipkart has eliminated single-use plastic packaging by introducing the most scalable sustainable alternatives such as eco-friendly paper shreds, replacing poly pouches with recycled paper bags, replacing bubble wraps with carton waste shredded material and 2 Ply roll to name a few. Throughout

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