Packaging
Our customers want right-sized, recyclable packaging that minimizes waste and ensures damage-free delivery. We work to reinvent and simplify our sustainable packaging options using a science-based approach that combines lab testing, machine learning, materials science, and manufacturing partnerships to scale sustainable change across the packaging supply chain.
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Designing packaging for Amazon starts with the customer and works backwards so we can deliver products they’ll love.
We are collaborating with others to reduce packaging waste for our customers and the planet. Since 2015, we have decreased our average per-shipment packaging weight by 43%, which represents more than 3 million metric tons of packaging materials avoided.
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Amazon works with many companies to reduce packaging waste by designing product packaging that allows items to ship safely in the original product packaging without an additional Amazon box or bag.
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How do you ship 40 pounds of dog food and make it less likely to rip and spill during delivery? Taking away packaging was the answer.
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How Amazon and Procter & Gamble collaborated to create better packaging.
How Amazon continues to improve its packaging
Across the globe, we continue to find new and innovative ways to reduce our packaging and make it easier to recycle. Here’s a look at how we do it and our progress so far.
Packaging resources for vendors
Amazon partners with brands around the world to reduce brand-supplied packaging and the need for Amazon to add additional protective packaging.