Over the years, Amazon has reduced the weight of its packaging by 33% and eliminated more than 880,000 tons of packaging material, which is equivalent to about 1.5 billion shipping boxes, Houchens ...

The retail and infrastructure giant also is investing in bioplastics developments and recycling to address consumer packaging waste.

In addition to waste reduction, the company has embarked on a mission to achieve other environmental targets. Amazon responds to growing backlash with sweeping packaging change: 'A significant step ...

For the last 10 years, Amazon has whittled away at unnecessary packaging, shipping products in their original box when possible or in the lightest possible packaging.

Have you ever received a package with an order that is tiny compared to its shipping box? Amazon (AMZN) designed the CartonWrap 1000, or the CW 1000, to tackle this problem. Yahoo Finance’s ...

All of those packaging options that can’t be recycled curbside are accepted by these boxes. But if you aren’t sure, look for the How 2 Recycle label. Anything with the label can go in the ...

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 ...

Amazon's packaging has been getting more efficient in recent years, thanks to AI.; The e-commerce giant built an AI model that interprets pictures and text to choose the best shipping materials ...

The Amazon Kindle's packaging contains 30% more recycled fibre, ... This isn’t a big deal when ordering from Amazon since the Kindles are housed inside the typical Amazon shipping box.

Shares of an Ohio firm that makes the paper filler that prevents items from jostling around in delivery boxes ended 47% higher Wednesday after it said Amazon.com is taking a stake in the firm.