Junk returns: the hidden cost of global consumption

An estimated one in three products purchased online is returned within three months of purchase. This is the flip side of mass consumption: mass returns. It is easy and mostly free. But someone always pays.Read the full article

By María José Carmona

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, Digital economy, Pollution, SDGs, Supply chains

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