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 to Roll Out Automated Packing Machines, Offers $10k for Employees to Become Gig Workers

Amazon plans to introduce new packaging machines at its warehouses that could eliminate 1,300 jobs nationwide, according to a new report from Reuters. Coincidentally or not, Amazon also announced this ...
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Amazon invests in Italian automated packaging machines maker

MILAN, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Amazon AMZN.O, through its Climate Pledge Fund, has bought a minority stake in Italy's CMC Machinery, a company with technology that makes custom-sized boxes that eliminate ...
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Amazon deploys 18 automated packaging machines in UK

Amazon has unveiled its plans to install 18 new automated packaging machines across fulfilment centres in the UK. The rollout is part of a broader initiative to cut waste and improve delivery ...
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Amazon responds to growing backlash with sweeping packaging change: 'A significant step forward'

The world's largest online retailer will soon use custom box-making technology to reduce waste from packaging across Europe. According to Printweek, Amazon customers will receive orders in made-to-fit ...
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Amazon’s New Robots Pack 700 Boxes Per Hour

Robots in Amazon’s warehouses are taking on a new role of boxing up orders, and they do so much more efficiently and quickly than the human workers they replace. As Reuters reports, Amazon has been ...