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RELEASE: As You Sow asks four global brands to phase out polystyrene foam

AS YOU SOW RELEASE: As You Sow asks four global brands to phase out polystyrene foam OAKLAND, CA – February 6, 2017 – As You Sow has asked four major U.S. companies that use harmful polystyrene foam packaging … MORE >

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Amazon-Packaging-2017

BE IT RESOLVED THAT: Shareowners of Amazon.com request that the board of directors issue a report at reasonable cost, omitting confidential information, assessing the environmental impacts of continued use of foam packing materials, including quantifying … MORE >

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Amazon – E-Waste – 2016

BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that Amazon.com’s Board of Directors prepare a report, at reasonable cost and excluding confidential information, on the company’s policy options to reduce potential pollution and public health problems from electronic … MORE >

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Amazon – E-Waste – 2013

In 2013, As You Sow filed a shareholder proposal asking Amazon to explore ways it can provide its customers with take-back of used electronics.

We withdrew the proposal in exchange for a series of in-person meetings with company management to discuss the feasibility of crafting a policy on used electronics recycling. MORE >

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Amazon

Amazon.com is the second largest online U.S. retailer of consumer electronics with revenue of $61 billion in 2012, yet offers no comprehensive electronic waste take-back options for the vast majority of electronics it sells. In … MORE >

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