Designing packaging for Amazon starts with the customer and works backwards so we can deliver products they’ll love.

We are collaborating with others to reduce packaging waste for our customers and the planet. Since 2015, we have decreased our average per-shipment packaging weight by 43%, which represents more than 3 million metric tons of packaging materials avoided.
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    Ships in Product Packaging

    Amazon works with many companies to reduce packaging waste by designing product packaging that allows items to ship safely in the original product packaging without an additional Amazon box or bag.

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    Reducing Packaging

    How do you ship 40 pounds of dog food and make it less likely to rip and spill during delivery? Taking away packaging was the answer.

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    Reinventing an American icon

    How Amazon and Procter & Gamble collaborated to create better packaging.

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How Amazon is improving packaging and boosting sustainability

Across the globe, we continue to find ways to reduce our packaging, while making the materials we use easier to recycle. Here’s a look at our progress so far.

Packaging resources for vendors
Amazon partners with brands around the world to reduce brand-supplied packaging and the need for Amazon to add additional protective packaging.