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0 pointswhoisjuan5y ago0 comments

Totally! That’s what I was going for. Least resource consuming but I’m talking about economic resources. Like man hours, packaging, transportation, etc.

The environmental impact is big! I hope this is being considered in their Climate Pledge.

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lotu5y ago

If the environmental cost is dominated by shipping I could see destruction as more environmentally friendly. This is likely the for many small cheap items.

kennywinker5y ago

Fine, but two things are happenings:

1. It’s being hidden from consumers, who might adapt their behavior if they knew a return meant the trash.

2. Stuff is shipped back to amazon and then disposed of.

sokoloff5y ago

I’d they didn’t require step 2, their “return” rates would skyrocket though.

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ummonk5y ago

I imagine most consumers who return items would be throwing them away instead.

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0 pointswhoisjuan5y ago0 comments

Totally! That’s what I was going for. Least resource consuming but I’m talking about economic resources. Like man hours, packaging, transportation, etc.

The environmental impact is big! I hope this is being considered in their Climate Pledge.

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lotu5y ago

If the environmental cost is dominated by shipping I could see destruction as more environmentally friendly. This is likely the for many small cheap items.

kennywinker5y ago

Fine, but two things are happenings:

1. It’s being hidden from consumers, who might adapt their behavior if they knew a return meant the trash.

2. Stuff is shipped back to amazon and then disposed of.

sokoloff5y ago

I’d they didn’t require step 2, their “return” rates would skyrocket though.

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ummonk5y ago

I imagine most consumers who return items would be throwing them away instead.

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