{"id":8392,"date":"2022-04-05T11:48:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T09:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https://cross-border-magazine.com/de/amazon-uk-will-no-longer-use-plastic/"},"modified":"2022-05-30T14:19:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T12:19:41","slug":"amazon-uk-will-no-longer-use-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://cross-border-magazine.com/de/amazon-uk-will-no-longer-use-plastic/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon UK will no longer use plastic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https://cross-border-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/anirudh-wKeZstqxKTQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cross-border-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/anirudh-wKeZstqxKTQ-unsplash-1024x664.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7909\"/></a><figcaption>Photo by <a href=\"https://unsplash.com/@lanirudhreddy?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">ANIRUDH</a> on <a href=\"https://unsplash.com/s/photos/amazon-packages?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amazon UK has announced that it will no longer pack its products in single-use plastic delivery bags. The UK Amazon branch will begin to use recyclable paper and cardboard delivery boxes and bags in a bet for a more clean and sustainable future.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Do you want to know more about international commerce, e-commerce, and also get all the tips and news that might give your company an edge? </strong><a href=\"https://cross-border-magazine.com/de/order-your-free-copy-magazine/\"><strong>Subscribe to Cross-Border Magazine</strong></a><strong> and get your digital copy now for free!&nbsp;</strong></p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, the company holds up to 20 warehouses in the UK, counting both the ones owned by the company, the ones rented, and the temporary port - and transit warehouses.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We need to keep in mind that currently, Amazon is the largest private parcel courier in the UK, delivering 15% of the estimated<a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/mar/27/amazon-delivery-drivers-raise-alarm-over-real-terms-pay-cut#:~:text=Amazon%20is%20the%20largest%20private,away%20in%20China%20or%20India.\"> 5.4bn packages in 2021</a> – the equivalent of more than 2m items a day. They range from Prime next-day deliveries to the last mile of packages shipped from thousands of miles away in China or India.</p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The “Amazon effect” in the UK&nbsp;</h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to the e-commerce surge in our post-pandemic world, some administrations in counties and cities in the UK have started to cope with a massive increase in waste from e-commerce packages. This has been dupped the <a href=\"https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/local-council/recycling-rates-drop-norfolk-amazon-extra-waste-8607710\">“Amazon effect”</a>.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the problem is that the Amazon effect is happening with the recycled materials also: cardboard and paper are left on the curbside, piled up because the recycling companies can’t handle the huge surge derived from the massive increase in e-commerce.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An effect that, at least in Norfolk County, reportedly caused 159 tonnes of waste during 2021. According to&nbsp; Norfolk Recycles - part of the Norfolk Waste Partnership, made up of the region's county, district, city, and borough councils - said the amount of recycling waste has increased by 6pc in the last year, to 159,221 tonnes.</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A situation that is also happening <a href=\"https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7748825/The-Amazon-effect-wreaking-havoc-recycling-industry.html\">all over the UK.</a>&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rising environmental and financial costs of e-commerce </h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the key issues with Amazon in the UK has been the environmental cost of its services. This situation is not new, last year up to £7bn was lost due to e-commerce returns, and the <a href=\"https://cross-border-magazine.com/de/uk-ecommerce-returns-costs-and-environmental-issues/\">carbon footprint suffered heavily from this</a>.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And even when the statistic is a global one, including all e-commerce in the UK, many blame Amazon directly for it, claiming that the current e-commerce standards that have created this situation, are a consequence of Amazon’s global business model that has pushed all other e-commerce to emulated or disappear.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This recent awareness that the current e-commerce standards for packaging, delivery, and returns, are no longer valid - due to the high environmental costs it has - has pushed companies into researching and promoting more sustainable and eco-friendly solutions.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of such is Recycold’s solution <a href=\"https://cross-border-magazine.com/de/ranpak-offers-a-total-cold-chain-packaging-solution-with-recycold/\">plant-based thermal solution</a> for cold chain packaging, a sector normally heavy on the use of plastics, which had no previous cost-efficient alternative.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It seems pretty clear that the current way of packaging, delivery, and recycling is just not enough to cope with the environmental cost of a rising global e-commerce economy. And you can rest assured that in the near and mid-term, we will continue to see industry leaders like Amazon, pushing towards experimental new ways to be more eco-friendly. So if you have not done anything in this regard for your e-commerce packaging and delivery, we strongly recommend you to start perusing possible eco-friendly solutions both for the packing, as well as for the transportation of your goods.&nbsp;</p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon UK has announced that it will no longer pack its products in single-use plastic delivery bags. 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