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arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAmazon says its plastic packaging can be recycled. An investigation finds it usually isn't. | Gristgrist.orgProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to Green - An environmentalist community @lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squarebrap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoIs 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.
minus-squareProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 months agoIt 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.
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoRandom. 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.
minus-squareApexHunter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoYour order(s) don’t necessarily ship all of the items from the same warehouse.
minus-square0xD@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoThis 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.
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.
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.
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.
Your order(s) don’t necessarily ship all of the items from the same warehouse.
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.