A look inside Amazon’s push to eliminate plastic packaging

Amazon is phasing out plastic from the envelopes, bags, boxes and cushioning it uses to ship items, swapping in paper-based ...
Hackaday

Automate The Freight: Amazon’s Robotic Packaging Lines

In the “Automate the Freight” series, I’ve concentrated on stories that reflect my premise that the killer app for self-driving vehicles will not be private passenger cars, but will more likely be the ...
HR Dive

Report: Amazon's new packing robots to replace workers

Amazon is introducing packing robots to some of its facilities that will replace human employees, according to a report from Reuters, citing two unnamed sources. The "CartonWrap" system from Italian ...
Retail Dive

Amazon proposes less packaging, more savings for its sellers

Amazon is pulling back the curtain on how it’s teeing up more packages to arrive on doorsteps without Amazon logos. Last week, the Ships in Product Packaging program expanded by opening participation ...
GeekWire

Amazon unveils new packaging for its devices, reducing the use of plastic, ink and bleach

Sustainability: News about the rapidly growing climate tech sector and other areas of innovation to protect our planet. SEE MORE by Kurt Schlosser on Dec 18, 2024 at 8:00 am December 18, 2024 at 8:26 ...
Fast Company

Inside Amazon’s quest to use less cardboard

Inside an Amazon warehouse, when an order gets ready to ship, a worker doesn’t just make a decision about what package seems best. Instead, a suite of machine-learning tools analyze the combination of ...