Seems like the kind of inefficient system partially propped up by artificially cheap transportation costs. A carbon tax levied on fossil fuels might change the

Seems like the kind of inefficient system partially propped up by artificially cheap transportation costs. A carbon tax levied on fossil fuels might change the economics of this. Or it might just accelerate the electrification of the reverse logistics chain. Either of which seems good. The other piece is the cheap labor that makes this possible. Or maybe the problem is that the labor isn't cheap enough to be worth reprocessing things back into inventory? Even after reading I can't sort it out.