Comments on: Amazon Debuts Frustration-Free Packaging

By: Egregious Packaging Hall of Shame: Tech Protections | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:45:13 +0000

[...] rage,” the article went on to explain how some sellers are working to create ‘frustration-free‘ versions of boxes and containers. (This ‘rage’ isn’t exactly uncommon: I [...]

By: 1kelton

1kelton — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:03:03 +0000

The change in packaging sounds good for the consumer. The model works because Amazon.com only sells items online. The consumer doesn’t get the product until it is paid for. This works great for everyone. On the other hand, in the world of physical retailing, if you have a store, you have security devices to protect the product. This also works for retailers with physical stores that have to protect their products from consumers. I think that both work out fine if one considers the issue of stealing in retail and that online stores don’t have a physical store except a warehouse where they store the products. As a consumer, it sounds good to have less packaging but I understand the reason it is difficult to open some packaging due to security devices.

By: Life Box: Paul Stamets Unveils Brilliant Seed-Sprouting Cardboard Box | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:01:30 +0000

[...] think – what if all the cardboard boxes that you receive when you buy online from Amazon or Apple had seeds in them and you could simply put them in your nearest plot of soil and grow some [...]

By: teamPAHL

teamPAHL — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:39:08 +0000

if you have read the “Wal-Mart Effect” then there is a section in the very beginning about how Wal-M got the deodorant companies to stop packaging their products in a container inside a box and shorten its packaging to just a stick alone. If only more big companies would swing their weight like this, it could save a lot of waste. Next up should be the food packaging industry.

By: scalde

scalde — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:00:59 +0000

Nice one, Amazon! If product companies were motivated, they could exploit creative opportunities for providing shelf appeal with a single marketing display, rather than repeating the marketing info and packaging in each unit.

SPG: According to the Amazon Web site, products go directly from assembly line to frustration-free package:

“Does Amazon throw away the original retail packaging and re-box items in Frustration-Free Packaging before shipping them to customers?
No. Instead, we work directly with manufacturers to box products in Frustration-Free Packages right off the assembly lines, which reduces the overall amount of packing materials used.”

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=200285450#oldpackage

By: Argadol

Argadol — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:58:54 +0000

That’s the way every packaging should be !!!!

By: SPG

SPG — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:19:46 +0000

Amazon is a great place to do this as the product selling is done online and doesn’t need to be presented for shelf appeal. The next step is to apply these principles to products on shelves in a way that doesn’t diminish their marketability.
One other concern is that depending on how this is implemented this may not be a green solution at all, but an increase in waste if these products are simply unpackaged and repackaged at amazon. Has anyone confirmed that they are leaving the factory in Amazon frustration free packaging? If so, then hooray for Amazon!

By: Christian Biggins

Christian Biggins — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:56:48 +0000

Thats so good. The amount of plastic that gets thrown out during the Christmas period is absolutely shocking. I dont understand how companies can continue to use packaging like this!