Watch Grill’s newest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7zg6OtCWuw Did you know that when you return items that you bought on Amazon, they don’t actually get put back on the shelf to be resold? So, what happens to Amazon returns? Let’s get into it! Sources: [Online Sales During the Holidays] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/16/the-national-retail-federation-nrf-releases-2019-holiday-sales.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/19/online-returns-this-holiday-season-to-hit-record-41point6-billion.html [What Happens to Your Online Returns] https://www.aboutamazon.com/amazon-fulfillment/our-fulfillment-centers/what-happens-when-items-are-returned https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/marketplace-amazon-returns-1.5753714 https://www.13newsnow.com/article/money/consumer/amazon-liquidation-pallets/291-763b9c64-0b60-4898-857a-119d774b4fa3 https://youtu.be/W1yqcagavfY https://youtu.be/AHLcrTqRjrA [Amazon Gets Caught] https://fortune.com/2018/06/11/amazon-destroying-inventory-germany/ https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/amazon-france-under-fire-for-destroying-unsold-goods-1.4252787 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/04/france-to-ban-the-destruction-of-unsold-consumer-products https://money.cnn.com/2017/12/26/news/retail-returns-landfill/index.html [Atari and Dumpster Diving] https://youtu.be/NHXK2mKtu20 https://money.cnn.com/2015/09/01/technology/atari-et/index.html https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/03/05/inside-the-secret-world-of-gamestop-dumpster-diving [Waste in Fast Fashion] https://www.newsweek.com/2016/09/09/old-clothes-fashion-waste-crisis-494824.html [Planned Obsolescence and E-waste] https://www.consumersinternational.org/news-resources/blog/posts/built-to-fail-is-planned-obsolescence-really-happening/ https://www.zdnet.com/pictures/how-apple-makes-products-difficult-and-expensive-to-repair/2/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fix-out-product-repairs-get-tougher-new-age-obsolescence-n614916 http://i.unu.edu/media/unu.edu/news/52624/Discarded-Kitchen-Laundry-Bathroom-Equipment-Comprises-Over-Half-of-World-E-waste.pdf https://www.theverge.com/21309776/record-amount-ewaste-2019-global-report-environment-health https://youtu.be/toIFN8eR0ro [Environmental Impact of Online Returns] https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/26/21031855/free-returns-environmental-cost-holiday-online-shopping-amazon https://fashionunited.uk/news/retail/online-returns-to-reach-5-6-billion-pounds-by-2023/2018121740591 [What Can We Do?] https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/275841 https://www.commonobjective.co/article/how-to-reduce-the-high-environmental-impact-of-returns [Other Sources] https://youtu.be/Xthi6DOxe0s https://youtu.be/cnXapYkboRQ https://youtu.be/uySAes1_eU8 https://youtu.be/vufLW4xOsS4 https://youtu.be/-rhXeVbP3A4 https://youtu.be/8PMasQ2_jRI https://youtu.be/TXg-ocFHFV8 https://youtu.be/qqueK_t7alQ https://youtu.be/yzQSpu9-iE0 [Brew’s intro song] Manhattan Twist by Avocado Junkie