Do you order different sizes of clothing online, knowing you can return the one that doesn’t fit?
Did you know the ones you return are sometimes sent straight to landfill?
Online
shopping has created a boom in perfectly good products ending up in
dumpsters and landfills, according to Adria Vasil, an environmental
journalist and managing editor of Corporate Knights magazine.
Amazon has faced accusations of destroying returned items in both France and Germany.
The issue also affects unsold products. Burberry admitted in 2018 that it had incinerated £90 million worth of clothing and accessories in the previous five years. The company stopped the policy last year after a public outcry.