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Investors Send Strong Third-Year Vote at Amazon Amidst New Plastic Action by Walmart

For the third year in a row, nearly one-third of Amazon shareholders supported an As You Sow shareholder proposal asking the company to set a plastic packaging reduction goal. At the same time, competitor Walmart has committed to phase out use of plastic mailers for U.S. online commerce, putting Walmart even farther ahead of Amazon in actions to curtail plastic waste.

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As You Sow Salutes Passage of California Legislation Mandating Cuts in Single-Use Plastic and Producer Responsibility for Recycling Post-Consumer Packaging

As You Sow, a long-time advocate of producer responsibility for packaging, salutes the passage of landmark California legislation (SB 54) that makes producers responsible for the recycling of post-consumer packaging, requires a 25% reduction in use of single-use plastic packaging, and a 65% recycling rate for all packaging by 2032.

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