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This packaging includes Amazons ubiquitous blue-and-white mailers, as well as other pouches, bags, and plastic cushioning.
The company has made great progress, but its just not enough.
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Oceana then made some downward revisions to account for Amazons publicly disclosed efforts to reduce plastic packaging.
Most of it is sent tolandfills or incinerators, or is discarded into the environment.
Plastic production causes additional concerns.
Amazon is a clever company, Miller said.
They see things in the pipeline and they want to move early.
Amazon said in 2022 that it hadeliminated single-use plastic delivery bagsat its fulfillment centers across the continent.
Its main American competitor, Walmart, said last month that it hadeliminated single-use plasticfrom its mailing envelopes globally.
In China, the retailer JD.com is replacing disposable packaging altogether withreusable alternatives.
Washington state tried to pass a similar law last year, but the proposaldied in committee.
The spokesperson also said Amazon is committed to good-faith engagement with shareholders on plastic-related resolutions.
Oceana said the company declined the nonprofits requests for country-level data on its plastics use.
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