Millions of pounds of plastic packaging from Amazon deliveries ends up in the ocean every year, ... [+] according to a new report. Pictured: Turkish world record-holding free-diver Şahika Ercümen dives amid plastic waste in the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey. According to research from ocean conservation charity Oceana, plastic air pillows and bubble wrap accounted for most of the waste from Amazon deliveries, the use of which has risen rapidly in recent years. “The amount of plastic waste generated by the company is staggering and growing at a frightening rate,” Littlejohn said. But Oceana noted that despite these claims, Amazon provides little detail in its sustainability reports about its plastic packaging.

Source: Forbes December 15, 2020 18:33 UTC