Why you might notice changes to your Amazon packages if you shop in the UK
Amazon has introduced new packaging for its UK customers in a move aimed at avoiding waste and reducing carbon emissions.
The online retail giant said its new “shock-proof” envelopes featured a lining made purely from paper – unlike the bubble-wrapped packaging used previously.
The envelopes are lighter than their equivalent-sized cardboard boxes and can be recycled at home, the company said.
Amazon said the new packaging had already started arriving on doorsteps, and was designed to protect deliveries “without sacrificing safety or functionality”.
UK sees biggest surge in sales of low-alcohol beer
Sales of low-alcohol beer rose more in the UK than any other market last year.
IWSR data shared with the Financial Times shows sales of beer with less than 3.5% alcohol doubled from 650,000 hectolitres in 2022 to nearly 1.3 million hectolitres in 2023.
It means the UK market for the products grew more than any other in terms of volume, the FT said.
Venezuela was second on the list for growth, followed by Romania and Japan.
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