Amazon could help deliver a solution to our plastic problem
Amazon could help deliver a solution to our plastic problem WISPIRG From: action@pirg.org To: MR. Mark M Giese Mon, May 11 2026 at 10:11 AM Mark, In 2022, Amazon produced enough plastic packaging waste to circle the Earth 200 times . 1 These 208 million pounds of plastic do more than just coat our same-day shipments: they use up precious resources and harm our health. 2 That's why we're urging Amazon to reduce plastic packaging, calling on supporters like you to join us. But action is better when it's backed by facts, so here's what you should know about Amazon's plastic packaging and its widespread impacts. Less than 10% of the plastic ever created has been recycled. Most of it becomes permanent pollution. 3 When our national research partners investigated how much of Amazon's packaging gets recycled, the recycling rates were abysmal. Of the packages they tracked, almost none of them were actually recycled -- even when they were labeled as recyclable and c...
