Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Plastic packaging waste from the online retail giant Amazon ballooned to 709 ...

Amazon is shifting from the plastic air pillows used for packaging in North America to recycled paper because it's more environmentally sound, and it says paper just works better. The company said ...

Amazon claims four guiding principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence and long-term thinking. Through the company’s focus ...

Amazon’s new high-tech packaging system promises less waste, but will it offset the company’s growing environmental footprint? Amazon is taking a big step to reduce packaging waste amid rising ...

Amazon’s global plastic footprint might be shrinking, but the US is a different story. Amazon’s global plastic footprint might be shrinking, but the US is a different story. is a senior science ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. After years of criticism for its outsize use of plastic, the world’s largest retailer appears to be making ...

Amazon generated 709 million pounds of plastic waste in 2021, an 18 percent increase from 2020, according to a new report from environmental group Oceana. About 26 million pounds of the company’s ...

Plastic packaging waste from the online retail giant Amazon ballooned to 709 million pounds globally in 2021 — equivalent to the weight of some 70,000 killer whales — according to a new report ...