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Free online returns are costing the environment plenty

caption: A variety of Amazon packages are shown on Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at an Amazon Packaging Lab in Seattle.
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A variety of Amazon packages are shown on Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at an Amazon Packaging Lab in Seattle.
KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer

Those gifts you bought online might be free to return, but the convenience comes with a steep environmental cost. KUOW Morning Edition host Angela King talks with Bloomberg reporter Adam Minter about how we can break the habit.

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