UK charity TRAID is on a mission to transform garment waste into funds and resources to reduce the environmental and social impact of disposable clothing and fast fashion. With a network of over 1,500 charity clothing banks, home collections and charity shops TRAID diverts around 3,000 tonnes of clothes from landfill and incineration every year.
#SecondHandFirst is the charity’s absolutely fantastic effort to encourage everyone to rethink their relationship with preloved items and embrace the reuse lifestyle if only for the week of that most ridiculously consumerist day of the year in November known as Black Friday.
Why do you choose #SecondHandFirst?
Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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I love finding unique pieces so that I don’t look like everyone else, the sense of discovery that you never know what you are going to find, getting bargains (especially since I’m on a budget), and knowing that I’m giving a second life to clothes that would otherwise be thrown away.
Yes to all! (but especially the thrill of the hunt for one of a kind looks! 😉 )
we choose secondhand first because it’s affordable, we can find great fabrics, and we can avoid adding to the growing amount of stuff that’s going into landfills or incinerators. it’s an ethical way to buy. and as i’ve said before, i don’t mind letting someone else pay the brand new price–new to me is still new!
I do soooo love that line and use the “new to you is still new” all the time when explaining the many reasons why thrifting is so awesome! 😀
How can I improve on your answer, Sheri? Yes to all!
It’s so perplexing & crazy frustrating that second hand & thrifting are still seen as “gross” or only “for poor people” by the consuming masses 🙁