Discarding returns is a myth – Sveriges Radio P4
An article about e-commerce returns being thrown away rather than repackaged was widely circulated in 2023.
– Published 8 January 2024
![Klas Hjort, Senior lecturer in Packaging Logistics at Design Sciences, LTH. Photo: Johan Persson / Pexels](/fileadmin/designvetenskaper/Designvetenskaper/Nyheter/Klas_Hjort_returer.jpg)
But Klas Hjort, Senior Lecturer in Packaging Logistics, says this is a myth – at least in Sweden.
"What we buy online and send back is almost exclusively resold again," says Klas Hjort to P4 Kristianstad.
Listen to the feature: Skröna att returer slängs – in Sveriges Radio P4 (In Swedish)