ApocaDocs: Amazon to scrap plastic packaging for recyclable cardboard boxes

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Posted Tue Nov 18 2008: from Telegraph.co.uk:


	Amazon to scrap plastic packaging for recyclable cardboard boxes http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1227020562 It has pledged to stop sending toys, computers and other goods out in difficult-to-open plastic boxes. The shopping website has joined leading manufacturers, including toy company Mattel and software giant Microsoft, to come up with a solution it says is both eco and customer-friendly. Called "frustration free packaging", the company aims to replace plastic wrapping with a simple, recyclable cardboard box.... "Every Christmas we produce an extra three million tonnes of waste, and this could impact significantly on that. But we need manufacturers to think about this too -- it really comes back to the product design stage, and that needs to be re-thought."

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