Amazon announces major package change

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Amazon has announced a major change to its packaging service across all of Europe, including the UK. The online retailer giant has confirmed that all of its delivery packaging across the continent, including boxes, bags, and envelopes, will now be 100 per cent recyclable.

The company added that the changes will also be applied to third-party sellers that use Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA), a service that allows sellers to store their products in Amazon's warehouses.

Amazon said it will achieve this goal by using flexible paper bags, cardboard envelopes, and corrugated cardboard boxes which it claims are easily recyclable.

The company has also increased the number of products shipped without any additional Amazon packaging by more than 50 per cent throughout Europe. Read more: Amazon fans snapping up huge 2kg boxes of Cadbury chocolate that are cheaper than Sainsbury's Read more: Amazon customers snapping up giant 1.4kg boxes of branded chocolate that's cheaper than Tesco and ASDA Pat Lindner, VP of Mechatronics and Sustainable Packaging at Amazon, said: " We’re excited that our European fulfilment network is now using recyclable packaging for customer orders.