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

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/theres-a-good-chance-that-brand-new-item-you-returned-went-to-a-landfill/
- Published: 2023-02-13T09:45:18-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

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. […] Click here to view original web page at www.businessinsider.com