Amazon did not comment directly on whether it destroys unsold products, but said it partners with a number of charities in the UK.
, a journalist went undercover at an Amazon warehouse. The reporter secretly filmed a designated"destruction" zone, where items were put in the trash. Items thrown away in front of the journalist included toys, books, nappies, and a flatscreen TV.The documentary, aired in January, reported that the practice was
. One of Amazon's smallest warehouses in the country sent 293,000 items to the scrap heap in nine months, it said, while it obtained documents showing more than three million products were destroyed in France last year., sent its own undercover reporter to a warehouse in the UK. The reporter asked a manager about unsold items, to which the manager responded:"Some are returned but some are also destroyed.
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