Amazon, as one of the world’s leading ecommerce companies, is responsible for much of the world’s waste packaging but the company is looking to combat this by using technology to better locate smaller boxes capable of accommodating specific orders.
The retailer is currently testing software called Box on Demand that promises to provide packaging appropriate for orders.
The company will use machinery that “creates the perfect packaging for your products, reducing the empty space (air) in each shipment. This reduces the need for void fill and improves the protection of contents for each package”.
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Source: The Drum
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