Over the last year, Amazon.com Inc. has reduced the portion of shipments it packs in its cardboard boxes in favor of lightweight plastic mailers, which enable the retailing giant to squeeze more ...

The e-commerce giant is now offering customers the option of less or zero packaging. Customer responses have ranged from criticism to praise for the eco-friendly move. 11% of U.S. Amazon orders will ...

Ridwell co-founder and CEO Ryan Metzger sits in front of the Spheres at Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle holding some of the tech giant’s plastic shipping bags. (Ridwell Photo) Ryan Metzger sees a lot ...

Amazon claims four guiding principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence and long-term thinking. Through the company’s focus ...

Say goodbye to the guilt generated by those plastic air pillows stuffed into your Amazon purchase — the company announced earlier this month it's ceasing use of the eco-unfriendly packaging material. ...

Amazon is using AI to cut the amount of packaging materials it uses. Amazon ships 20 million packages a day in 19 countries, requiring an astronomical amount of paper, cardboard and plastic packaging.

In the “Automate the Freight” series, I’ve concentrated on stories that reflect my premise that the killer app for self-driving vehicles will not be private passenger cars, but will more likely be the ...

In American comic books and movies, Superman, Batman and Iron Man protect Earth from fictional threats. Packman, the brainchild of Indian entrepreneur Gaurav Jalan, is on a mission to protect against ...