24 Jun 2024 --- Amazon has replaced 95% of the plastic air pillows from its delivery packaging in North America with paper filler, targeting a full removal by the end of the year. This comes as part of the e-commerce giant’s multi-year effort to remove plastic delivery packaging from the region’s fulfillment centers. Amazon says this will be the largest plastic packaging reduction effort in North America and is anticipated to avoid nearly 15 billion plastic air pillows annually. For its discounted prices event, Prime Day, this year, the company discloses “nearly all” of its customer deliveries will not contain plastic air pillows.
