A look inside Amazon’s push to eliminate plastic packaging

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

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 ...
Seattle Times

Can a lab in Sumner end the ‘box in a box’? Amazon thinks so

Inside an Amazon facility in Sumner, a package falls 17 times. Nearby, other packages sit under the weight of 30,000 pounds or are squished together between two clamps, hopefully avoiding any folding ...
Fast Company

Inside the Amazon lab that could change the way we recycle plastic

There’s no question that Amazon is known for its packaging. Boxes and mailers with the ubiquitous smile logo now dot the porches of every neighborhood in the country. And with the company’s 2017 ...
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How Amazon is rethinking packaging to make it smaller, lighter, more sustainable

SUMNER, Wash. — When you order something on Amazon, you're probably thinking about what's inside -- not the package itself. But behind the scenes, Amazon is on a mission to transform every box, bag ...