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Amazon says its plastic packaging can be recycled. An investigation finds it usually isn't. | Grist (grist.org)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Is this some regional thing? Everything I've ever ordered from Amazon has come in a card box or thick paper bag and even has paper tape.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It seems to be fairly random, but I've certainly seen them use plastic bags for shipping. These are the two most common styles, with one being a bag, and the other being a bubble-wrap envelope.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Random.

I can get 8 items at one time... Two will be in a box, four will be in paper bags, and two will be in plastic bags.

For such an automated company, you'd think that everything would just be in a single box.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Your order(s) don't necessarily ship all of the items from the same warehouse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

But each item from a different warehouse?

I used to get everything in single boxes before. Now it's always multiple packages.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is speculation, but it's probably a lot faster and cheaper to just pack and ship instead of collecting first, and then packing and shipping.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I can't see it being cheaper, since those packages aren't free. Faster? Not sure about that, either. Amazon automates a lot of their process, and the separate items would still need to gather in one place to be shipped together anyway. Packing a half dozen separate items is surely less efficient than packing everything in one box.

Again, this wasn't a problem a few years ago, when everything would come in a single box. The greenwashing by Amazon about their plastic bags is 10 steps backwards, IMO.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

You might have updated your settings to tell them yo only ship you paper st some point. This should be the default, really.