Amazon destroys up to 200,000 items of unsold stock per week

guest · Jun 21, 2021

Amazon destroys up to 200,000 items of unsold stock per week at its Dunfermline warehouse
Destroyed items include new and returned products, ranging from books to iMac computers
June 21, 2021
https://www.techspot.com/news/90137-amazon-destroys-up-200000-items-unsold-stock-week.html

In brief: Have you ever wondered what Amazon does with all the unsold stock stashed in their warehouses? According to the company, most stock is resold, donated, and recycled, while only a small part is destroyed. However, a new report claims that the biggest online retailer is destroying up to 200,000 items per week at its Dunfermline warehouse alone.

In an investigation led by ITV News, the outlet shared a video with footage recorded inside Amazon's Dunfermline warehouse showing consumer electronics, jewelry, books, packages of face masks, and more being flagged for destruction. Regardless if they are new or returned, items flagged to be destroyed are sent to the "destruction zone" of the warehouse.
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During an interview before the publication of the investigation, John Boumphrey, VP country manager UK at Amazon, said that the amount of items destroyed is "extremely small." The company also stated that nothing is sent to landfills, and as a "last resort," the goods are sent to energy recovery.

Exclusive: Amazon is destroying millions of items of unsold stock in one of its UK warehouses every year, an ITV News investigation has uncovered.
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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
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UK's prime minister Boris Johnson and business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng promised the case will be investigated.
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guest · Jun 24, 2021

British lawmakers demand meeting with Amazon after video shows products being destroyed
June 23, 2021
https://thehill.com/policy/technolo...eeting-with-amazon-after-video-shows-products

Millions of unsold items at an Amazon warehouse in Scotland were destroyed, and now British lawmakers are demanding answers, ITV News reported.

An investigation by the United Kingdom news outlet shows footage of unsold or returned items including laptops, smart TVs and hair dryers being placed into boxes marked “destroy.” ITV News reports that they are then hauled away by trucks and unloaded into recycling centers or landfills.
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Labour Party Members of Parliament Siobhain McDonagh, Julie Elliott and Darren Jones are asking to meet with Amazon to understand why so many items are being destroyed.

“Completely appalling from @AmazonUK when so many families on the wrong side of the digital divide could have been connected to the internet during lockdown,” McDonagh tweeted.
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Rasheed187 · Jul 3, 2021

This is truly ridiculous, most of this stuff should indeed be resold and donated.

longshots · Jul 5, 2021

Rasheed187 said: ↑

most of this stuff should indeed be resold
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Where are they going to do that? eBay?

Rasheed187 · Jul 10, 2021

longshots said: ↑

Where are they going to do that? eBay?
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From what I understood, you can already buy "used products" on the major online shopping sites for a lower price. I have to to admit, it's not my thing to buy refurbished stuff, but many people don't have a problem with it.

longshots · Jul 10, 2021

Rasheed187 said: ↑

it's not my thing to buy refurbished stuff
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I guess it all depends on if you trust the vendor.
1# A few years ago I bought one of my grandchildren [aged 7] a refurbished iPad2. That thing has been to hell and back, twice, and has never given a problem.
2# Bought the other one a refurbished iPhone 8 which also has been trouble free.

guest · Aug 4, 2021

Amazon to cut waste following backlash over the destruction of unused products
August 4, 2021
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-n...backlash-destruction-unused-products-rcna1592

Amazon has launched two programs as part of an effort to give products a second life when they get returned to businesses that sell items on its platform or fail to get sold in the first place.
The so-called Fulfilment by Amazon programs, announced in a blog post on Wednesday, will help to build a circular economy, the company said.

It comes less than two months after British broadcaster ITV reported that Amazon was destroying millions of items of unsold stock at one of its 24 U.K. warehouses every year, including smart TVs, laptops, drones and hairdryers.
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In a blog post on June 28, Greenpeace said ITV’s investigation showed it was clear Amazon “works with within a business model built on greed and speed.”
In response, Amazon had said it is working toward a goal of zero product disposal and that no items are currently sent to landfill in the U.K.

The company said a separate “FBA Liquidations” program will allow sellers to use Amazon’s “wholesale resale channel and technology” to recover a portion of their inventory cost from returned items and excess stock.
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Amazon: Amazon’s new programmes give returned and unsold inventory new life

FBA Liquidations and FBA Grade and Resell programmes are the next steps for Amazon in helping to build a circular economy
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