As we ramp up for the e-commerce holiday shopping frenzy, it’s not just about snagging the best deals anymore. The environmental footprint of our online shopping sprees has come into sharp focus. With millions of packages crisscrossing the globe, the convenience of online shopping brings with it a sleigh-load of packaging waste and an expanding carbon footprint. (Image: Actor Colin Firth enjoying Christmas presents and a gloriously ugly sweater in the movie “Bridget Jones’s Diary”) As we ramp up for the e-commerce holiday shopping frenzy, it’s not just about snagging the best deals anymore. The environmental footprint of our online shopping sprees has come into sharp focus. With millions of packages crisscrossing the globe, the convenience of online shopping brings with it a sleigh-load of packaging waste and an expanding carbon footprint. Unwrapping the Waste Problem Let’s talk numbers. During the holiday season, packaging waste skyrockets. A statistic that might shock you is that 30% (or 82 million tons) of all garbage in the U.S. comes from packaging alone. It’s estimated that in the United …