There’s a good chance that brand-new item you returned went to a landfill

Photo caption: According to an estimate by the returns tech platform Optoro, as many as 9.5 billion pounds of returns ended up in landfills in 2022 — equivalent to 10,500 fully loaded Boeing 747s. Photo credit: Martin Bernetti / AFP via Getty Images. Article by Emma Cosgrove. Business Insider – February 11, 2023.

• US shoppers returned $816 billion in goods last year, according to the National Retail Federation.
• No matter where returns come in, the store or warehouse, they can still end up in a landfill.
• Sending in returns right away can help keep usable goods out the trash, according to experts. […]

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