Amazon’s Plastic Packaging Problem Is Growing, Oceana Report Finds

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By Olivia RosaneDec 16, 2022, 4:26 pm156 pts
Amazon produced enough plastic packaging in 2021 to wrap the Earth more than 800 times in air pillows. That’s one of the alarming statistics from Oceana’s third annual report on the plastic packaging waste generated by the e-commerce giant. “The science is clear, the type of plastic used by Amazon for…

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