The e-commerce giant is now offering customers the option of less or zero packaging. Customer responses have ranged from criticism to praise for the eco-friendly move. 11% of U.S. Amazon orders will ...

For years, the familiar brown Amazon box has been a ubiquitous sight on doorsteps worldwide. Yet, with its convenience came a growing chorus of criticism: too much cardboard, too much plastic, and too ...

Amazon is starting to roll out new box-packing robots, which look set to make human workers even more dispensable in Amazon’s warehouses. The new robots are supposedly five times more efficient than ...

Amazon purchases come with a lot of packaging. Do you know the best ways to dispose of it? As if we all don't order enough Amazon packages on any given day, it's time for Prime Day once again (the ...

Looking for another industry keeping tabs on Amazon? Try packaging, as Memphis’ International Paper can attest to. The company, employer of some 3,500 to 4,000 in the area, sells its paper products on ...

What's more groan-inducing than slicing open a bulky box and wading through mounds of plastic and paper only to find a small gadget inside? This — plus the box-within-a-box phenomenon — is a common ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Amazon and fellow online retailers will dispatch packages and pouches in the millions this week as the holiday shipping rush begins. Properly disposing of those mailed ...

Todd Grasser, an Amazon process assistant, using an automated device to package items in paper bags for shipping at a facility in Sumner, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) SUMNER, Wash. — At ...