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Germany plans rules on product returns for online retailers

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epa05366387 Parcels of various sizes pass red laser scanners on one of the high-speed conveyor belts at the biggest DHL pracel centre in Germany which had been opened shortly before this picture was taken, in Obertshausen, Germany, 15 June 2016. The centre covers an area of 37,000 square metres and has a sorting capacity of around 50,000 parcels per hour. EPA/FRANK RUMPENHORST

 

The German government is planning to regulate product returns at online retailers.

Stephan Haufe, a spokesman for the environment ministry, told a press conference in Berlin that the proposal is designed to reduce the number of returned products that are destroyed by retailers is to be presented this month.

Haufe said the goal is very clear: return goods must be either be resold or donated and that destruction should be “the absolute last option.”

Via Bloomberg

 

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