AMZN - Amazon Steps Up Sustainability Efforts Swaps Plastic Air Pillows For Recycled Paper In North American Shipments | Benzinga
In a significant move towards sustainability, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has decided to replace plastic air pillows with recycled paper in its North American shipments.
What Happened: Amazon has successfully eliminated approximately 95% of the thin plastic cushions in its largest market and aims to remove the rest by the end of the year. This initiative is one of Amazon’s most significant moves towards ending the use of single-use plastic in its packaging, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.
Amazon’s next step, as revealed by Pat Lindner, an Amazon vice president overseeing the company's sustainable packaging initiatives, is to replace the difficult-to-recycle white and blue plastic mailers with paper sleeves. The company is optimistic about implementing this on a larger scale in the upcoming ...