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Sometimes it’s hard not to wander into that high-street store with the pretty dresses in the window – especially now they all have sales designed to get you to spend money – but there are a whole host of reasons why you shouldn’t, and why you should go to a charity shop instead.
Western over-consumption has a devastating effect on the environment. We just don’t have the resources to keep making more and more new stuff. Especially when there are clothes in need of recycling. Each year the average UK consumer buys 35kg of textiles and sends 30kg to landfill. Stop second hand clothes from filling up landfill sites by buying them from charity and vintage shops.
Buying from highstreet stores just lines the CEO’s pockets with profit. The $1.2 billion payout Phillip Green received in 2005 is enough to double the wages of the entire Cambodian garment workforce for eight years. Buying from the highstreet is buying into a system where workers are exploited and the already rich profit. Buy from a charity shop and the money goes to a good cause.
Charity shops are cheaper, which is good news when it comes to saving that loan. Buying second hand also ensures that you don’t wear the same outfit as somebody else in your seminar group. You can usually find some real gems, and pay a lot less than they are worth. Granted, you may have to wade through some crap but shopping’s more fun when it’s not all laid out in front of you.
There’s no need to be snobby about wearing something that once belonged to somebody else. Instead, you’ll get to feel smug about what a good person you are. Once you start I bet you won’t look back.
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