E-commerce companies offering sustainable packaging or packaging-free products often require longer time to deliver online orders. A 2023 survey showed that roughly 30 percent of shoppers would not mind waiting longer for their items if that helped reducing packaging waste. Another 38 percent of surveyed consumers would do so at least sometimes.
Share of consumers willing to wait longer for their online order to reduce packaging waste in the United States in 2023
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Would you be willing to wait longer for your item to be delivered to help reduce packaging waste?"
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Bizrate Insights. (September 7, 2023). Share of consumers willing to wait longer for their online order to reduce packaging waste in the United States in 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1465471/waiting-longer-for-online-orders-to-reduce-waste-united-states/
Bizrate Insights. "Share of consumers willing to wait longer for their online order to reduce packaging waste in the United States in 2023." Chart. September 7, 2023. Statista. Accessed January 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1465471/waiting-longer-for-online-orders-to-reduce-waste-united-states/
Bizrate Insights. (2023). Share of consumers willing to wait longer for their online order to reduce packaging waste in the United States in 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1465471/waiting-longer-for-online-orders-to-reduce-waste-united-states/
Bizrate Insights. "Share of Consumers Willing to Wait Longer for Their Online Order to Reduce Packaging Waste in The United States in 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1465471/waiting-longer-for-online-orders-to-reduce-waste-united-states/
Bizrate Insights, Share of consumers willing to wait longer for their online order to reduce packaging waste in the United States in 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1465471/waiting-longer-for-online-orders-to-reduce-waste-united-states/ (last visited January 08, 2025)
Share of consumers willing to wait longer for their online order to reduce packaging waste in the United States in 2023 [Graph], Bizrate Insights, September 7, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1465471/waiting-longer-for-online-orders-to-reduce-waste-united-states/
