Jun 22, 2021 16:00:00

It turns out that a large number of unsold products are tagged as 'destroyed' and discarded in Amazon's warehouse, including MacBooks and iPads

Leftover food that customers do not attach chopsticks to, and food

loss that disposes of food that has reached the expiration date without selling, are problems all over the world including Japan. However, an infiltration interview by a British television station revealed that Amazon disposes of a large amount of new home appliances and unopened new and old items every day, not to mention food that will rot if not eaten.

Revealed: Amazon destroying millions of items of unsold stock in UK every year; ITV News
https://www.itv.com/news/2021-06-21/amazon-destroying-millions-of-items-of-unsold-stock-in-one-of-its-uk-warehouses-every-year- itv-news-investigation-finds

Amazon labels millions of unsold products for destruction, new investigation finds --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/21/22543527/amazon-unsold-products-destruction-investigation

If you play the following video, you can see the actual situation of product disposal discovered by British TV station ITV News infiltrating the warehouse of Amazon.

Amazon destroying millions of items of unsold stock in one of its UK warehouses each year | ITV News --YouTube


This time, ITV News interviewed Amazon's Dunfermline warehouse in Scotland.

And this is the corner that is called the 'destruction zone' inside Amazon.

Scanning the label of a laptop in the destruction zone with an employee terminal ...

'Destroy' is displayed.

Besides, for tools with a 2-year warranty ...

Shavers and earphones

TV monitor (red frame) and various small appliances

Books

In addition, jewelry and other items were tagged as destroyed.

Many of these items were in good condition in unopened packaging.

There are records that the Danfarmlin Warehouse destroyed 124,332 items a week.

An anonymous former Amazon warehouse employee told the interview, 'I took a breather when disposing of Dyson fans, MacBooks, iPads, etc. 20,000 masks for the new corona virus infection have not been opened yet. I have also disposed of it in a state. '

Employees of Danfarlin Warehouse were required to destroy 130,000 items a week as a quota.

Amazon has a '

program to donate unsold products to charities, ' but during the same period, 27,213 items were actually donated.

Items tagged as 'destroyed' are loaded onto the truck. ITV News tracked a truck loaded with something other than electrical appliances ...

Arrived at the landfill.

An Amazon manager who was interviewed unaware of the infiltration interview commented, 'Only a handful of products have been destroyed' when asked about product destruction.

In response to an inquiry from the IT news site The Verge, Amazon corrected that 'ITV News actually designated the' landfill site 'as a' recycling site '' and said, 'Our goal is to have zero product waste.' We are working toward the goal, and prioritize resale of unsold products, donations to charities, and recycling. '

The Verge explains why so many items are being scrapped: 'Many third-party sellers pay for their inventory while it's in Amazon's warehouse, so if the item doesn't sell, it's a good idea. You think it's more cost-effective to throw it away than to leave it. '