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Over 3,200 packages are shipped every second around the world. We get whatever we want delivered to our doorsteps. Same day delivery. Free of charge. But if we aren’t paying for our deliveries (or the returns), then who is? With transportation accounting for 30% of greenhouse gas emissions and most “recyclable” packaging ending up in landfills, the truth is - we all are. Featuring Amazon whistle-blowers, journalists, and scientists, ‘The Real Cost of Delivery’ explores how our obsession with convenience and addiction to consumption is killing the environment and asks what we can do to stop it? Delivery: 12 months from green-light