IRATE Amazon customers have hit back at the popular online store for wrapping
their products in ridiculous amounts of packaging.
From tiny items arriving in huge boxes, to reams of paper covering small
objects, it’s difficult to see why so much paper is wasted.
Hundreds of complaints have been flooding through social media, branding the
packaging policy as “ridiculous and “unacceptable”.
Baffled shopper Mark Kenyon asked Amazon on Twitter: “Why do you insist on
wasting the planet’s resources with your packaging.
“Thoughtless and unnecessary! #fail”
A similar criticism from Timothy Revell showed a number of small items beside
three huge boxes and packaging that sprawled the entire length of the
kitchen.
He said: “This has to stop. So wasteful. Actual packaging vs order way too
high.”
A tiny milk frother & some tea & you have to waste THIS much packaging . It’s ridiculous!
— Laura Ellen Anderson (@Lillustrator)
. this has to stop. So wasteful. Actual packaging vs order way too high. (Banana for scale)
— Timothy Revell (@timothyrevell)
Another irritated Twitter user added: “Shocking amount of packaging from this
Amazon delivery.
“They don’t care about the environment much do they?”
In 2008, after being inundated with complaints, Amazon were forced to address
their wrapping policy.
Even though they signed the Frustration Free Packaging initiative, working to
reduce excess packaging, it’s clear that there are still problems.
thanks to Amazon for ensuring this order of paper was safe. who knows what might have happened with less packaging.
— Caz Sundberg (@cazsundberg)
Oh Amazon… Your packaging never suprises me anymore
— Becky ¿¿ #PAXEast (@omglazerkittens)
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Earlier this month, Amazon addressed their packing policy, insisting that they
were working to reduce their negative impacts on the environment.
The online store also claims that they use a software programme that
“determines the right-sized box for the item (they) are shipping, based on
the item’s dimensions and weight”.
A spokesperson said: “We have been investing heavily in this area and have
dedicated teams all over the world helping us to do this.
“We continue to pursue multi-year waste reduction initiatives; e-commerce
ready packaging and Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging, to promote
easy-to-open, 100 per cent recyclable packaging and to ship products in
their own packages without additional shipping boxes.”