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Amazon May Start Fining Sellers for Using Ridiculously Huge Boxes

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday July 31 2019, @05:01AM   
from the just-wait-for-the-Matryoshka-packager-with-multiple,-nested-boxes dept.

martyb writes:

Amazon May Start Fining Sellers for Using Ridiculously Huge Boxes:

Amazon wants to make massive, hard-to-open boxes a thing of the past, according to a Tuesday report. Last fall, the e-commerce giant asked companies to make packaging for larger items more efficient and easier to open by Aug. 1, The Wall Street Journal reports. If companies don't follow suit, they'll reportedly be charged a fine.

The changes Amazon reportedly hopes to roll out would make packages more environmentally friendly and cut back on shipping costs. Amazon wants all items to eventually meet similar standards, according to the Journal.

Vendors told the Journal they reduced the volume of their packaging anywhere from 34% to 80%. Some also cut down on the number of components used to ship their products.

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• Here's an idea Here's an idea (Score: 1, Troll) by c0lo on Wednesday July 31 2019, @05:19AM (1 child)

  by c0lo (156) on Wednesday July 31 2019, @05:19AM (#873439) Journal

  How about reducing the volume of their packaging by 100%?
  No more warehouses, no more logistics nightmares...

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• Re:Here's an idea (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 31 2019, @12:38PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 31 2019, @12:38PM (#873503)

  This is very much on point. A lot of what is transported around is air. Literally just air.

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