Say goodbye to bubble wrap, which relaxes but pollutes… The online distribution giant Amazon will replace all its plastic packaging, including bubble wrap, with paper or cardboard by the end of the year in France , he announced Monday in a statement.

Very good news for the environment ...

Plastic sleeves, used to ship small products (books, cards, electronic chips, etc.) will be eliminated in favor of paper bags or cardboard envelopes "more easily recyclable".

There will still be bubble wrap for some fragile products

Inside the packages, bubble wrap or plastic cushions will also be replaced by kraft paper, Amazon told AFP.

Only certain items "for which it is a question of safety", such as glasses or a vase for example, can be wedged with bubble wrap, specifies the group.

"We will continue to innovate and find solutions to use even more sustainable materials," said David Lewkowitz, director of operations at Amazon France Logistique, quoted in the statement.

Amazon "is also increasing the number of products that can be shipped in their original packaging," the company said, without specifying how many will be affected.

The measure does not apply to third-party sellers

These measures apply only to products shipped by Amazon, and not those sent directly to consumers by third-party sellers on the site.

The group does not communicate on its business volume in France, but the Kantar firm estimated the number of items purchased in France on Amazon at 333 million in 2019.

In total, Amazon claims to have already reduced the weight of its packaging by 36% since 2015, and "eliminated more than a million tonnes of packaging materials".

In France, 14 e-merchants - including CDiscount, Fnac Darty or Veepee - and the federation of e-commerce and distance selling (Fevad) signed a charter in July with the Ministry of Ecological Transition and the secretariat of State in Digital, in which they commit themselves in particular to reducing the volumes of packaging and promoting reuse.

Amazon, for its part, has not signed this charter of commitments.

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