After testing out alternatives to single-use plastic through its InHome grocery delivery services, Walmart is looking to expand these sustainability efforts to its curbside pickup and other delivery services. Other food delivery platforms are making similar inroads.
Lusk added that while many food delivery services neither manufacture or sell plastic-based products themselves, they should still “feel a degree of accountability, given [that] the space has served as a catalyst of plastic consumption.” And, to various degrees, some companies have started taking action.