Amazon has announced that it will remove 95% of its plastic air pillows from its shipments in North America as a measure to avoid waste and prioritize recyclable materials.
In a statement, the company said: “To date, this will be Amazon’s largest plastic packaging reduction effort in North America and will prevent nearly 15 billion plastic air pillows annually.”
Regarding the date on which the measure will begin to be implemented, Amazon reported that for this year’s Prime Day“almost all deliveries will not contain plastic air pillows.” The famous Prime Day is celebrated in July.
On the other hand, Pat Lindner, vice president of Mechatronics and Sustainable Packaging, said that lThe company is also working to achieve total elimination in North America by the end of the year. “We will continue to innovate, test and scale to prioritize recyclable materials,” he added.
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Amazon will switch to paper fillers
Last October, the company announced the US’s automated fulfillment center in Ohio to eliminate plastic packaging for delivery, including the transition from plastic air pillows to paper fillings.
“This work in Ohio allowed us to test, learn and move quickly to transition to paper-based filling for 95% of our shipments in less than a year,” they pointed out. Now, Amazon plans to use paper fill made with 100% recycled content,
“Through our testing of paper fill, which included an evaluation by a third-party engineering laboratory, we found that it offers the same, if not better, product protection than plastic air pillows. The paper fill is also curbside recyclable, making it easy for our customers to recycle at home, and is made with 100% recycled content”, the company noted.
On the other hand, Amazon has programs to ship items without any additional packaging, where they test and certify products to ensure they can be shipped safely in their own packaging. Besides, They are constantly looking for new materials and recycling solutions that take customers and the environment into account.
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