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Amazon is capable of reducing plastic waste in the US. So why isn't it? (www.motherjones.com)

submitted 7 months ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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In response to growing pressure to address the plastic pollution crisis, Amazon has been cutting down on plastic packaging. Last July, the company said it used 11.6 percent less plastic for all of its shipments globally in 2022, compared to 2021. Much of Amazon’s reductions took place in countries that have enacted—or threatened to enact—restrictions on certain types of plastic packaging. But the company’s progress may not extend to the US, which has not regulated plastic production on a federal level.

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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago

Presumably because it would cost slightly more, and as such is worth letting the planet burn instead.

[–] paulcdb@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

To be fair to Amazon, the problem for this might not actually be Amazon!

Everything I order is always overpackaged, be it plastic or cardboard/paper but while you have consumers who whine over the slightest scratch in the hope of getting it reduced, or even returned. I saw a review on some recycling buckets that they had ‘minor marks’ probably from manufacturing, and they were complaining about them when you’re just going to mark them through use. I bet there’s people who complain gardening/power tools have marks/scratches when as soon as you use it you’re going to scratch it.

So i’m guessing everything is overpackaged because no-one wants the hassle of people whining and returning things which likely costs more than wasting plastic so until consumers become less shitty and accept it and just be grateful it works, nothing will really change.

People just want the shiney, ‘feel good’ feeling as they pile more stuff they probably don’t really need on the credit card so maybe Amazon should add a “I’m not an a-hole shopper” so the rest of us who’d rather it be scratched than have to throw away all the wasted plastic/cardboard so long as it works as intended! 🤔😎