Oceana: Amazon (AMZN) plastic problem set to skyrocket with Prime Day booming sales
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Monday, June 21, 2021
As Prime Day and Amazon continue to grow, so too does the companys devastating impact on the environment.
Key Points:
- As Prime Day and Amazon continue to grow, so too does the companys devastating impact on the environment.
- In December 2020, Oceana exposed Amazons massive plastic footprint , which amounted to an estimated 465 million pounds of plastic packaging in 2019.
- Prime Day sales will only make matters worse, leaving Amazon customers overwhelmed with plastic packaging, much of it which will go on to pollute our oceans.
- ii Amazons Plastic Problem Revealed at 24-25, https://plastics.oceana.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Amazons-Plastic-P...
iii Amazons Plastic Problem Revealed, Methodology at 13-15 and n.90, https://plastics.oceana.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Amazons-Plastic-P...
iv Amazons Plastic Problem Revealed at Appendix 3, https://plastics.oceana.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Amazons-Plastic-P...