A look inside Amazon’s push to eliminate plastic packaging

Amazon is phasing out plastic from the envelopes, bags, boxes and cushioning it uses to ship items, swapping in paper-based ...
C&EN

What’s after PFAS for paper food packaging?

Six empty brown paper fry boats arranged next to each other in a grid formation. Credit: William Ludwig/C&EN/Getty In the 1960s, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, the company that popularized ...
Commercial Appeal

Is a box good enough for Amazon? International Paper tests at Memphis facility find out

Looking for another industry keeping tabs on Amazon? Try packaging, as Memphis’ International Paper can attest to. The company, employer of some 3,500 to 4,000 in the area, sells its paper products on ...
BBC

Why your small goods come in gigantic boxes

Even the tiniest purchases often end up in massive packaging. It's not necessarily company carelessness – but it's still a big problem. The saying goes, "good things come in small packages". But many ...
Mena FN

Why Do Many Customers Prefer To Use Kraft Paper As The Raw Material For Packaging Boxes?

boxes as the raw material of packaging boxes? There are many reasons why kraft paper is favored by customers as a raw material for packaging boxes. Here are the main points: 1. Environmental ...
The New York Times

Where Does All the Cardboard Come From? I Had to Know.

Entire forests and enormous factories running 24/7 can barely keep up with demand. This is how the cardboard economy works. Credit...Photo illustration by Todd St. John Supported by By Matthew Shaer ...
Los Angeles Times

The world is using fewer cardboard boxes. That’s a bad sign for the economy

Mills that churn out cardboard are slashing production worldwide, a worrying sign that global trade is slowing down. North American companies that make the raw material for corrugated boxes shut down ...