Tell Amazon: Less plastic, please

Amazon is in denial about its plastic problem. A new Oceana report estimates that Amazon’s plastic packaging waste in 2021 totaled 709 million pounds, an 18% increase from 2020 estimates.

Shareholders and customers overwhelmingly want the company to address this problem, yet the company refuses to outline a plan and commit to a company-wide reduction in plastic use.

Plastic pollution is devastating the world’s seas. The type of plastic packaging used by Amazon, plastic film, can be lethal to marine animals according to scientific reports. The time for companies like Amazon to take action to stop catastrophic effects on our environment, our climate, and human health is now.

Tell Amazon to be fully transparent about its global plastic packaging footprint, and take immediate, company-wide action to reduce it.

Please feel free to edit the petition text below, then fill out your info on the right to submit your letter to Amazon’s CEO. Amazon claims to be responsive to its customers.

petition letter

CEO

Andy

Jassy

Amazon

Mr. Andrew Jassy,

My name is {user_data~First Name} {user_data~Last Name}.

I am emailing today with Oceana to request that Amazon be fully transparent about its use of plastic packaging and take company-wide  action to reduce it.

Plastic is everywhere in our oceans, from the sea surface to our beaches and coastline, to the deepest depths of the Mariana Trench. Sea turtles choke to death trying to eat plastic bags, wraps, and coverings, mistaking such pollution for jellyfish. A recent study found that 100% of sea turtle species have ingested or become entangled in plastic.

The kind of plastic packaging typically used by Amazon – plastic film – is difficult to recycle. As Amazon itself writes, most curbside recycling programs in the United States do not accept it. Too often, this kind of plastic ends up landfilled, burned, or pollutes the environment, including the ocean.

I know that Amazon can reduce its use of plastic packaging as it has recently in Europe and India. At Amazon’s Annual Meeting on May 25th 2022, 48.9% of Amazon shareholders votes backed a resolution that asked the company to issue a report disclosing how much plastic packaging it uses, and a plan for how to reduce it. And I agree – Amazon needs to stop dodging its plastic problem and reduce its plastic packaging footprint worldwide.

Please be fully transparent about Amazon’s global plastic packaging footprint, and take immediate, company-wide action to reduce it.

Kind regards,
{user_data~First Name} {user_data~Last Name}

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