ITV News has seen evidence the online retail giant Amazon has been sending huge pallets of unopened food and drink to be destroyed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Employees from eight different Amazon warehouses throughout the UK have told ITV News they destroy new and unsold products - including in-date food, books, clothes, toys and phones - as part of their job
Amazon says: “Our priority is to resell, donate or recycle any unsold products. We recognise that confusion may have stemmed from our use of the word 'destroy'. We are in the process of replacing it with terms that more accurately reflect our long-standing business practices.”
Amazon continued: “Amazon supports 23 food banks and charities across the UK, and so far this year we’ve donated 2.9 million food and drink products. To suggest we throw away perfectly good food or drink is wrong: if we can donate it, we will donate it.
The company added: "As our customers would expect – and in line with UK food safety regulations – we do not donate food that poses a safety risk.”
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