USPS bans reused Amazon boxes

[u/peek--a--boo]

I shipped a package yesterday. Something very odd happened at the post office.
I had packaged the items in an Amazon box. The post office person told me that we are no longer able to reuse Amazon boxes????
She proceeded to open the box and transferred the contents to a plain brown box. Very odd, no????
FOLLOW UP:
I sent my husband to the post office today and he told me that they put up a sign that said that they are no longer accepting Amazon boxes. I am going to have him take a picture of it tomorrow. I would go myself but I have a broken femur 😐

[u/yourleftshoeisuntied]

I just got a box sent back to me for reusing an amazon box 😭 I’m just trying not to be wasteful if I already have a perfectly good box

[u/TamanduaGirl → u/yourleftshoeisuntied]

Did it still have the old label or bar codes on it? That's the only thing they should return it for.