Tag: charity shop

Counting on … day 130

22nd July 2024

Wanted 

There is no point in buying something you don’t want! Buying something on a whim and then discarding it is a waste of resources. It is not a sustainable approach. 

Equally there is not much point in buying something for someone else (say as a Christmas present) if it’s something they don’t want. One solution might be to agree within your family/ circle of friends that you will buy presents from charity shops with the premise that no one should feel guilty about returning something unwanted back to the charity shop. 

Counting on … day 105

13th May 2024

We buy many things second hand – clothes, books and jigsaws – via our local charity shops.  Buying second hand/ pre-loved is a good way of making best use of limited resources and cuts out recycling costs. (I could put my unwanted books in the paper recycling and buy new books printed on recycled paper but the better option is to use the loop offered by the charity shops to swop books with others. The same can be true for clothes etc). Charity/ second hand shops have also turned up surprises. When needing a new pan, one the exact right size turned up in Oxfam! 

We also use second hand sources such as Music Magpie, eBay etc to buy mobile phones, a coffee kettle etc. Second hand/ pre-loved is a good way of making better use of valuable resources without damaging the environment.