Environmental Impacts of E-Commerce

The widespread expansion of Internet has set a prospect for the development of a new way of conducting Business called E-Commerce. E-Commerce is the paperless exchange of business information and refers to Internet shopping, online stock and bond transactions, the downloading and selling of "soft merchandise" and business-to-business transactions. E-commerce has been developed by the high integration of transportation infrastructures, information and communication technology. The rapid growth of the e-commerce is the basis of different, positive as well as negative impacts on environment. This paper explores the literature study on environmental impacts of E-commerce and focuses on spreading awareness regarding these possible impacts among people.