Free Returns Are Costing the Environment

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By Yale Climate ConnectionsNov 27, 2020, 12:24 pm334 pts
Many people shop online for everything from clothes to appliances. If they do not like the product, they simply return it. But there's an environmental cost to returns. Meagan Knowlton is a sustainability manager at Optoro, a company that helps retailers process and resell returns. Optoro estimates that each…

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