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What is Amazon doing to reduce packaging waste?

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What is Amazon doing to reduce packaging waste?

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During 2007, Amazon made significant progress to reduce excess packaging in its shipments to customers and introduced additional types of recyclable packing materials to protect items while in transit. Amazon has developed a software program that determines the “right-sized” box for any given item to be shipped to a customer, based on that item’s dimensions and weight. As a result, the number of packages shipped in a wrong-sized box has decreased dramatically, significantly reducing packaging waste and transportation costs. In 2007, Amazon also enhanced its fulfillment systems, sending 30% of its larger-sized packages to customers without any additional packaging, further reducing packaging waste and transportation costs. Does Amazon use environmentally friendly packaging materials? Yes. Most Amazon.com orders are shipped in corrugated containers which on average contain 43% recovered fiber content. Once used, these containers are 100% recyclable for use in the manufacture of other pap