It is true that as internet enormously affects many aspects of our life; many residents have debated that whether online shopping that has taken over the market leads to positive influence or not. This essay will state the influences that online stores have imposed on the environment and the unemployment due to the popularity of online stores.
To begin with, extra packages and substantial deliveries have burdened heavily on the environment. The central reason behind this is twofold, firstly, extra foams and cardboard boxes lead to more waste and garbage to a substantial number of cities, requiring more labour and machine hours to clean and dispose. An empirical study by Washington University showed that 60% of citizens agree that online shopping creates 20% more waste than before. Secondly, numerous deliveries result in exhaust fume emissions and more traffic congestion, which render serious greenhouse effect in many cities.
Furthermore, gone are the days when many sales in clothing, electrical appliances, and department stores can support their family with their income and commission, whereas these days a lot of them lost their jobs because of the online shopping trend. This phenomenon has made lots of families lower their life quality and may cause juvenile delinquents and crimes from those families, which endanger society’s stability and development. However, in the long run, some unemployed staffs may try to learn new advanced skills, adjusting to the job market, and some of them may start their own online stores, thus increasing productivity and benefiting the economy as a whole.
All in all, the success of online stores place adverse impacts on both environment and the unemployed staff, yet some of the staff may pick up new skills and create new businesses, thus benefiting the society in the long run.
It is true that as internet
enormously
affects
many
aspects of our life;
many
residents have debated that whether
online
shopping that has taken over the market leads to
positive
influence or not. This essay will state the influences that
online
stores
have imposed on the environment and the unemployment due to the popularity of
online
stores.
To
begin
with, extra packages and substantial deliveries have burdened
heavily
on the environment. The central reason behind this is twofold,
firstly
, extra foams and cardboard boxes lead to more waste and garbage to a substantial number of cities, requiring more
labour
and machine hours to clean and dispose. An empirical study by Washington University
showed
that 60% of citizens
agree
that
online
shopping creates 20% more waste than
before
.
Secondly
, numerous deliveries result in exhaust fume emissions and more traffic congestion, which render serious greenhouse effect in
many
cities.
Furthermore
, gone are the days when
many
sales in clothing, electrical appliances, and department
stores
can support their family with their income and commission, whereas these days
a lot of
them lost their jobs
because
of the
online
shopping trend. This phenomenon has made lots of families lower their life quality and may cause juvenile delinquents and crimes from those families, which endanger society’s stability and development.
However
, in the long run,
some
unemployed staffs may try to learn new advanced
skills
, adjusting to the job market, and
some
of them may
start
their
own
online
stores
,
thus
increasing productivity and benefiting the economy as a whole.
All in all, the success of
online
stores
place adverse impacts on both environment and the unemployed staff,
yet
some of the
staff may pick up new
skills
and create new businesses,
thus
benefiting the society in the long run.