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Did you know that when you return items that you bought on Amazon, they don’t actually get put back on the shelf to be resold? So, what happens to Amazon returns? Let’s get into it!

Sources:

[Online Sales During the Holidays]
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/16/the-national-retail-federation-nrf-releases-2019-holiday-sales.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/19/online-returns-this-holiday-season-to-hit-record-41point6-billion.html

[What Happens to Your Online Returns]
https://www.aboutamazon.com/amazon-fulfillment/our-fulfillment-centers/what-happens-when-items-are-returned
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/marketplace-amazon-returns-1.5753714
https://www.13newsnow.com/article/money/consumer/amazon-liquidation-pallets/291-763b9c64-0b60-4898-857a-119d774b4fa3
https://youtu.be/W1yqcagavfY
https://youtu.be/AHLcrTqRjrA

[Amazon Gets Caught]
https://fortune.com/2018/06/11/amazon-destroying-inventory-germany/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/amazon-france-under-fire-for-destroying-unsold-goods-1.4252787
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/04/france-to-ban-the-destruction-of-unsold-consumer-products
https://money.cnn.com/2017/12/26/news/retail-returns-landfill/index.html

[Atari and Dumpster Diving]
https://youtu.be/NHXK2mKtu20
https://money.cnn.com/2015/09/01/technology/atari-et/index.html
https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/03/05/inside-the-secret-world-of-gamestop-dumpster-diving

[Waste in Fast Fashion]
https://www.newsweek.com/2016/09/09/old-clothes-fashion-waste-crisis-494824.html

[Planned Obsolescence and E-waste]
https://www.consumersinternational.org/news-resources/blog/posts/built-to-fail-is-planned-obsolescence-really-happening/
https://www.zdnet.com/pictures/how-apple-makes-products-difficult-and-expensive-to-repair/2/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fix-out-product-repairs-get-tougher-new-age-obsolescence-n614916
http://i.unu.edu/media/unu.edu/news/5262