Amazon customers will soon notice big changes to deliveries

Amazon customers will soon notice big changes with their deliveries.

The online retailer announced last week that it will remove 95% of plastic air pillow packaging to remove plastic delivery packaging from North America fulfillment centers.

Amazon says it avoid nearly 15 billion plastic air pillows annually with the move, which is being made to “ensure that customers receive their items undamaged, while using as little packaging as possible to avoid waste and prioritizing recyclable materials.

Amazon says this is it’s “largest plastic packaging reduction effort in North America.”

For yet-to-be-determined Prime Day this year, nearly all of our customer deliveries will not contain plastic air pillows.

“I’m proud of the cross-Amazon collaboration to make a positive impact on the customer delivery experience with easier to recycle materials. It’s a great example of how we thoughtfully test and scale new solutions to protect our customer experience,” said Pat Lindner, VP of Mechatronics and Sustainable Packaging.

“We are working towards full removal in North America by end of year and will continue to innovate, test, and scale in order to prioritize curbside recyclable materials.”

Last October, Amazon announced its first U.S. automated fulfillment center in Ohio to eliminate plastic delivery packaging, including the transition from plastic air pillows to paper filler.

That change in Ohio allowed Amazon to test and learn and move quickly on transitioning to paper filler for 95% of shipments.

Amazon has collaborated with suppliers to source paper filler made from 100% recycled content that can easily be recycled via at-home receptacles.