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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Drop test: tech giant to ditch single-use plastic packs

Amazon Australia has developed recyclable paper and cardboard packaging to reduce waste. (HANDOUT/AMAZON AUSTRALIA)

A major online retailer will remove single-use plastic from its deliveries this Christmas despite the federal government's failure to pass national packaging reforms. 

Amazon Australia revealed it would stop packaging products in plastic or using plastic packing material on Thursday, and instead use padded paper and cardboard envelopes of its own design. 

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