It's no secret that cats love boxes. In July 2020, USA TODAY reported that as part of its "Less Packaging, More Smiles" initiative, Amazon introduced a built-in play factor in its shipping boxes ...

Amazon is making another sustainable change. While the online retail giant still has a long way to go to reduce its pollution, its new packaging switch is designed to decrease the company's negative ...

The e-commerce giant is now offering customers the option of less or zero packaging. Customer responses have ranged from criticism to praise for the eco-friendly move. 11% of U.S. Amazon orders will ...

For years, the familiar brown Amazon box has been a ubiquitous sight on doorsteps worldwide. Yet, with its convenience came a growing chorus of criticism: too much cardboard, too much plastic, and too ...

Sustainability: News about the rapidly growing climate tech sector and other areas of innovation to protect our planet. SEE MORE by Kurt Schlosser on Dec 18, 2024 at 8:00 am December 18, 2024 at 8:26 ...

Your next Amazon box might double as a billboard. The company has started sending boxes featuring advertisements for the new Minions movie — the first non-Amazon ads to appear on the company’s ...

For households across America and the world, the Amazon “smile” has become a familiar feature of their daily lives. Emblazoned on countless corrugated boxes and bag mailers, it greets folks as they ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Earlier this month, the Advance took a look at the excessive packaging that comes along with online purchases. This week, Amazon announced that it will make changes to its ...

This week, the Verge reported on the massive onslaught of Amazon’s cardboard boxes at recycling facilities everywhere—otherwise known as the “Amazon effect.” According to Sims Municipal Recycling, one ...

In 2013, analysts at one firm estimated that Amazon shipped 608 million packages in the U.S. alone, meaning the retailer sent over 1.5 million packages each day. This is a convenient and expedient way ...

Packaging is an ancient practice. Humans have been improvising containers for holding and transporting things for millennia, from baked clay vases to tanned leather satchels to sawed and nailed wooden ...