Made-to-fit packaging for online orders: Online retailers including Amazon and Walmart are rolling out machines that make packages that are sized to fit the specific items being shipped, which should cut on cardboard waste, the Wall Street Journal reports.

MEANWHILE- As UPS, Google, and Walmart move forward with drone deliveries, Amazon Prime Air struggles to get off the ground: Layoffs, missing approvals from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), repeatedly failed drone delivery tests,and an inability to collect payments for drone deliverieshave plagued Amazon and prevented their Prime Air services from taking off, Wired reports.

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