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<\/span><span style=\"\">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, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/retailers-tackle-cardboard-overload-with-made-to-fit-boxes-8344cf4\" style=\"\">the Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">MEANWHILE- As UPS, Google, and Walmart move forward with drone deliveries, Amazon <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Prime <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Air struggles to get off the ground:<\/span><span style=\"\"> Layoffs, missing approvals from the Federal <\/span><span style=\"\">Aviation Administration (FAA), repeatedly failed drone delivery tests,<\/span><span style=\"\">and an 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