Amazon working to get rid off stamp packs

[Rman]

Amazon.com making packaging simpler, less wasteful
One of the worst things about getting a new gadget or toy is trying to free it from the hard plastic casing that houses many products. To reduce those battles, Amazon.com Inc. said Monday it is working with manufacturers to make the products it sells easier to open and more environmentally friendly.

Initially, the online retailer is altering the packaging in the U.S. on 19 top-selling products from a variety of manufacturers -- among them toy maker Mattel Inc., software maker Microsoft Corp. and flash memory card maker Transcend Information Inc. Starting in 2009, Amazon's effort will include its international sites as well.

The online retailer said that it is looking first at plastic "clamshell" cases and items that are held in place with plastic-covered wire ties, which are often used with toys. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said his goal is to get all things sold through the site into "frustration-free packaging."

Amazon also said it would work to use less packaging material.

For example, small items like memory cards tend to be packaged first in clamshell cases to cut down on shoplifting, and then in cardboard boxes to be sent to buyers. Under Amazon's new plan, memory cards from Transcend can be sent in recyclable cardboard envelopes, and the retailer is trying to reduce the envelope size, too.

Clamshells are a bitch and a half.  I would buy more stuff on Amazon if this becomes more wide spread.

[xnikki118x]

This is awesome and I hope it works out!

[Howard Alan Treesong]

[MyNameIsMethodis]

That's the worst PA i've ever seen.

[T234]

Do they mean those blister packs where you gotta perform surgery on it to get whatever it is out?

If so, GODSPEED

[Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich]

A noble cause. Amazon is awesome.

No tax + free Prime shipping

[cloudwalking]

it's smarter for them in the long run too, because by reducing packaging size they're able to cut shipping costs.

items are packaged in those stupid blister packs to cut down on shoplifting, but amazon doesn't have to worry about shoplifting since they're an online retailer. so that crappy packaging is superfluous to them in the first place.

[Yeti]

This is good news, I hope they are successful.