This year’s Amazon Prime Day will be marked by a subtle-yet-substantial change in packaging.
Instead of using plastic air pillows as packing filler, the company is opting for 100% recycled paper.
Amazonbegan testingrecycled paper filler at an Ohio fulfillment center last year.
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The paper filler was found to offer the same protection as plastic air pillows.
There’s also an obvious environmental benefit to paper filler.
I should note that Amazon’s “discoveries” aren’t really all that groundbreaking.
Distributorsalready knowthat paper filler can offer the same protection as plastic air pillows.
Personally, I hope that Amazon has found a way to make paper filler the more profitable packaging option.
It would give other distributors a reason to follow suit.
This year’s Prime Day is scheduled for July 2024.
An exact date for the shopping event has yet to be announced.
