Amazon is trying to eliminate plastic that doesn't get recycled. It's actually making some progress.

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Amazon is trying to eliminate all plastic packaging from its fulfillment centers in North America.

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How the Recycling Symbol Became Meaningless

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Amazon Is Ditching Plastic Packaging Abroad—but Using Even More in the U.S.

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Trackers Placed in Amazon Packaging Reveal What Really Happens to Store Drop-Off Recycling

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Democrats Release ‘Most Comprehensive Plan Ever’ to Address Plastics Problem

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Your neighbors might soon know when you order toilet paper, trash bags, and other items from Amazon

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A small percentage of Amazon's millions of deliveries are starting to show up without its name-brand packaging, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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Some brands are 'slack-filling' to cleverly disguise how much product you actually get

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Bags of potato chips are often far bigger than they need to be for the product they contain.

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The Long-Awaited Silo Series Gets Its Post-Apocalyptic First Trailer

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It’s been so long since we’ve heard anything about Apple TV+’s adaptation of Hugh Howey’s incredibly popular Silo series that I had forgotten it was still happening.

Why Costco uses curiously large packaging for tiny products

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Ten inches wide by 11 inches high — the ideal size for packaging smaller products for sale at Costco.

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The US is bad at recycling. Making businesses pay could boost the rate to 75% in some states, a study found.

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Four states — California, Colorado, Maine, and Oregon — have enacted extended producer responsibility laws. At least 11 others have either introduced legislation or plan to do so.

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