Amazon is supposed to send masses of new products every day Prodestroy products of returns
As a former employee reported to the ZDF magazine Frontal 21, the shipping giant should send thousands of new ones every day Prodestroy products. These should come from the returns of the users - and are not even recycled or resold elsewhere.
The shipping giant is supposed to destroy items such as refrigerators, washing machines and dishwashers, cell phones, tablets, mattresses and furniture on a daily basis. An Amazon employee reports that she destroyed goods worth around 23.000 euros every day. This and other things made one Research by Frontal21, a ZDF magazine, and the Business Week.
flawless Proproducts destroyed
Amazon is said to have not only destroyed defective or damaged items, but also those in perfect condition. In addition, one should Proproducts have not even been recycled or resold. Although the mail order company gives returned items a second chance on the “Amazon Warehouse Deals” platform, not all should Proproducts appear there. It is unclear how exactly it is sorted out there.
Returns and goods as good as new - at the online retailer # Amazon they end up in the garbage en masse. # Frontal21-Research and @wiwo show how the internet giant disposes of refrigerators, washing machines, cell phones, food and furniture: https://t.co/IbImx6rVRE @greenpeace @zdf pic.twitter.com/4MDc7TQK75
- @ Frontal21 (@ Frontal21) June 8, 2018
A denial from Amazon there is not any. However, the shipping giant told Frontal21 that Process to improve “so few Proto dispose of products as possible”. According to the research, however, this destruction should be routine in many Amazon warehouses. From high-quality electrical goods to groceries, everything should be there, according to a former employee in an interview. There are no further statements from Amazon on these allegations.