That backscratcher you just couldn’t live without, that ice cream maker you and your partner each ordered separately, that sudden urge to learn the banjo or fly fishing or crocheting that later died — those Amazon returns are almost all heading to the trash.

A CBC Marketplace investigation found truckloads of brand-new returns being brought to the dump. The good news is there’s a D.C. logistics firm working to fix this problem (oh, and it’s hiring). Shopping discretion can help, too. Let’s just hope your latest job applications don’t go the way of returned basketballs and alarm clocks.

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