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Sustainability/Circular Economy: Amazon eliminates 100% Single-Use Plastic in Packaging across its Fulfillment Centers

India CSR Network by India CSR Network
29/06/2020
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Amazon India informed that it has achieved a milestone in its efforts towards sustainability by eliminating all single-use plastic in packaging originating from its more than 50 fulfilment centers in India. In September 2019 the company had pledged to meet this goal in an accelerated timeframe by June 2020, in an effort to build an environmentally sustainable supply chain.

Company has taken various steps to achieve the complete elimination of single-use plastic in its own fulfillment network. The first milestone towards this goal was achieved in December 2019 when the company replaced plastic packaging material, such as bubble wraps and air pillows, with ‘paper cushion in its packaging.

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The company then introduced 100% plastic-free and biodegradable paper tape earlier this year, which is used to seal and secure customer shipments. It has replaced thin cling films for customer deliveries among other material with packaging options that are not single-use plastic in nature.

All other plastic packaging material originating from the Amazon Fulfilment Centers is 100% recyclable through the available collection, segregation, and recycling channels. Amazon India continues to educate sellers, who directly fulfill customer orders, to join in this directional change in packaging.

The company has collaborated with manufacturers to design sustainable packaging innovations to minimize waste in packaging.

Prakash Kumar Dutta, Director, Customer Fulfillment & Supply Chain, Amazon India said, “The elimination of single-use plastic in our packaging across our fulfillment centers marks an important milestone in our relentless journey towards building a sustainable supply chain. Our aim is to minimize environmental impact while elevating the customer experience. While navigating through unprecedented challenges with the lockdown and pandemic in the last few months, we have continued to take progressive steps towards ensuring that we meet our commitment. We strongly believe that moving towards sustainable practices is good for the planet, the customers, and the business, and we will continue to invest and innovate on this front.”

The company said that it has expanded its India-first initiative, Packaging-Free Shipping (PFS) to over 100 cities, and now more than 40% of Amazon customer orders shipped from Amazon India’s Fulfilment centers are now either packaging-free or have significantly reduced packaging. The company has also been collecting and recycling plastic waste equivalent to its usage at a national level from September 2019, and has identified collection agencies to help collect equivalent 100% plastic waste generated from usage across the Amazon fulfillment network.

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