Some say that all the Amazon delivery boxes laid end to end would stretch to Pluto and back.
Recycling centers are finding as much as 50% of recycled materials by weight are Amazon boxes.
Is Amazon recycling their own boxes anywhere?
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Used Amazon Boxes Creating Recycling Crisis
Used Amazon Boxes Creating Recycling Crisis
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My dogs used to recycle. I got a powder to help with that.
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I'm curious how materials being turned in to be recycled is a crisis. Seems the more boxes being recycled would mean Bezos isn't whacking down as many trees. Which is good for the environment.
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I just use them as bonfire fodder.
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I wonder what the carbon emission equation is for one Amazon truck delivering boxes all day verses a car for every box driving around to procure the content of that box at a local brick and mortar
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I'm thinking the truck emits fewer emissions per item. Far less than driving to six stores (true story) trying to find something I could of ordered online in my pj's.craig11152 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 8:46 amI wonder what the carbon emission equation is for one Amazon truck delivering boxes all day verses a car for every box driving around to procure the content of that box at a local brick and mortar
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My week involves trips to the post office, Aldi, The Co-op, the airport and restaurants.Round Six wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 9:20 amI'm thinking the truck emits fewer emissions per item. Far less than driving to six stores (true story) trying to find something I could of ordered online in my pj's.craig11152 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 8:46 amI wonder what the carbon emission equation is for one Amazon truck delivering boxes all day verses a car for every box driving around to procure the content of that box at a local brick and mortar
I get a box or two from Amazon. If you order weekly, it's less boxes. In larger cities, they are now experimenting with reusable packaging that the amazon driver picks up on the next delivery. That's the kind of thing that will save money and reduce cardboard.
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I would suppose the more you can haul at a time = efficiency = the better environmental result. If that was 200 cars getting each box on that truck somewhere the pollution level would be far higher especially with the deployment of their electric fleet. Even the emissions to make the electricity to power the truck are likely far less.craig11152 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 8:46 amI wonder what the carbon emission equation is for one Amazon truck delivering boxes all day verses a car for every box driving around to procure the content of that box at a local brick and mortar