As the Washington Post reported, in an effort to pack more shipments into delivery planes and trucks, Amazon is using more small plastic mailers rather than cardboard boxes. SEE ALSO: Too many ...

Amazon has moved in recent years to replace plastic pillows inside its boxes with paper packing, for environmental reasons. (Richard B. Levine/Zuma Press) Shares of an Ohio firm that makes the ...

The PDE's job is to do a smarter job of selecting the right box, bag, or wrapper for each of the millions of unique items sold through the company's warehouses. Amazon's earlier packing strategy ...

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Amazon is set to deploy advanced automated packing technology across its European network – including in the UK – to improve ...

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Imagine receiving endless Amazon boxes you didn’t order, piled so high on your front step the delivery driver can’t even get to your door anymore. That’s what ...

Capable of building a custom box every 3.5 seconds, the CW 1000 may be the next automatic system to reduce waste in e-commerce packaging. The NEXT Big Thing is the social companion to our big bold ...

Amazon is considering a new way to deliver your packages—without a box. The e-commerce titan’s latest effort to improve delivery speed and efficiency is by reducing packaging, including the ...