Investigation finds Amazon destroys 130,000 items per week in one UK warehouse. ~ RN in TECH

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Jun 22, 2021

Investigation finds Amazon destroys 130,000 items per week in one UK warehouse.
A probe into an Amazon warehouse in the UK found that Amazon destroys millions of items of unsold stock every year, in order to save on warehouse costs. These include products that are often new and unused, including MacBooks, COVID-19 masks, jewelry, headphones, books, and TVs. A former Amazon employee said staff were given a weekly target of 130,000 items to destroy. British news outlet ITV filmed undercover footage inside Amazon's warehouse in Dunfermline, Scotland which revealed thousands of products sorted into boxes marked "destroy".

Exclusive: Amazon is destroying millions of items of unsold stock in one of its UK warehouses every year, an ITV News investigation has uncovered.

Many of the products - including smart TVs and laptops - are often new and unused. https://t.co/OJjexB0YQd #AmazonWaste pic.twitter.com/UR7XrLWvIM
— ITV News (@itvnews) June 21, 2021