Amazon expands ‘packaging-free shipment’ programme to 9 Indian cities

NEW DELHI: E-commerce major Amazon Monday said it is expanding its ‘packaging-free shipment’ (PFS) programme, an India-first initiative, to nine cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Nagpur.

The programme, under which orders are shipped in their original packaging without any secondary or additional packaging, will also be available in Bengaluru, Gurgaon, Noida, Chennai and Hyderabad.

Through this initiative, Amazon aims to reduce the waste generated from secondary packaging of customer orders.

“This is an India-first initiative and ties into Amazon’s global ‘Shipment Zero’ vision, an initiative to deliver zero net carbon shipments (by 2030). The pilot began in July last year in Bengaluru when we delivered the relevant customer orders packaging-free and received positive feedback,” an Amazon India spokesperson said.