Looks like the EU somewhat wants to start to interfere with Amazon’s habit of trashing unsold goods. If you work in an Amazon EU warehouse, get your whistle ready.
Looks like the EU somewhat wants to start to interfere with Amazon’s habit of trashing unsold goods. If you work in an Amazon EU warehouse, get your whistle ready.
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/28520352
An Amazon warehouse insider told me they routinely throw away new unsold products because warehouse space is limited and they have to get rid of the slower moving products. Amazon is very protective of that whole process. They don’t want people to know about it. They also don’t want the products to end up in the hands of someone who would sell the stuff on eBay or some other competitor. They in fact caught employees doing that. So now the area where these products are handled is resticted access w/locked doors; workers closely monitored so Amazon can ensure destruction. Amazon fabricates the reasons for trashing the products. They want to book the waste as “defective” products even though they are in perfect working (new) condition.
I just noticed the EU’s ecodesign framework of 2024 has this new law requiring disclosure:
and this new prohibition:
Seems useful superficially, but then you look at annex 7 and it’s just clothing:
I think it’s mostly electronics that Amazon wastes, so I guess Amazon won’t be blocked at this stage.. but the reporting still applies.