Amazon is phasing out plastic from the envelopes, bags, boxes and cushioning it uses to ship items, swapping in paper-based ...

Senior manager John Sly sends a package flying in one of Amazon's many crash-test trials at its Sumner lab. Image: Christine Clarridge/Axios In a warehouse south of Seattle, Amazon spends its days ...

Amazon is making a concerted effort to minimize the size and number of the boxes it's sending out to customers, and many holiday shoppers may notice that this season, according to a report from the ...

One of those solutions is an automated machine that builds padded boxes that are made-to-fit with each item. Products roll down a belt and onto the cardboard. Glue is rolled onto the cardboard before ...

As Amazon faces continued calls to step up overall sustainability efforts and reduce plastic packaging, one of the company’s key packaging programs envisions fewer Amazon boxes on your doorstep. To be ...

While many retailers have historically relied on a blend of plastic and paper packaging to balance considerations like durability, weight, and size, recycling plastic packaging often necessitates ...

Amazon’s promise to quit plastic packing has materialized at one facility in Ohio, but the company provides no timeline for a nationwide rollout. Amazon’s promise to quit plastic packing has ...

Your orders from Amazon India may soon start to come in just the original packaging as the e-tailer looks to cut down on waste generated by packaging materials in the form of cardboard, paper cushions ...

Rolled out in collaboration with Enviroserve, the new Amazon initiative supports the UAE’s Green Agenda 2030 Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Amazon UAE today launched a new recycling initiative that ...

Siobhan was the Social Good reporter at Mashable, writing about everything from mental health to race to the climate crisis. Before diving into the world of journalism, she worked in global health — ...