This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist's weekly newsletter here. Feeling guilty about all those blue-and-white plastic Amazon bags piling up around the house? Fear not ...

One woman was surprised to discover that she could reuse Amazon's packaging for returns. Some viewers already figured it out.

Still, Amazon continues to use tens of thousands of tons of plastic every year in other forms of packaging — much of it thin, ...

If a product still requires packaging material, Amazon is utilizing paper more often. The company retrofitted 120 plastic bag-making machines so that they now encase packages in made-to-fit paper ...

Amazon says that it has gotten rid ... The company swapped out plastic air pillows and single-use delivery bags for paper and cardboard alternatives in Europe in 2022. It also ditched plastic ...