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Amazon’s sustainable packaging progress

Packaging is one of the key focus areas for Godschalx and her team. Amazon is committed to delivering products safely while innovating to find new ways to reduce packaging and increase recyclability.

In Amazon’s Australian fulfilment network, boxes are 100% recyclable and the company has replaced all plastic, single-use air pillows with recyclable packing paper on orders shipped from its fulfilment centres. Amazon has also reduced the amount of paper used in its boxes to minimise cardboard usage. Globally, since 2015, Amazon has reduced the weight of packaging per shipment by 41% on average, avoiding more than two million tons of material waste. Where possible, the company has eliminated packaging altogether. In 2022, 11% of all packages shipped globally were without added Amazon delivery packaging.

Godschalx’s team also oversees waste services at all of the business’ 20 operations sites across Australia and Singapore.

She adds: “We have established relationships with local suppliers and have set up processes, ensuring that we’re improving our waste and recycling practices.”

Since 2015, Amazon has reduced the weight of packaging per shipment by 41% on average, avoiding more than 2 million tons of material waste