Thrift-store shoppers, hand-me-down wearers and 8 scrappy startups making reuse possible

A year ago, I wrote about some of the scrappy #startups making #reuse possible. Since then, #Covid has made #circulareconomy goals harder to reach… and more important than ever. It’s never easy, but as we shop this holiday season — in person or online — can we all think about mama #earth and try to minimize waste? A year ago, I wrote about some of the scrappy #startups making #reuse possible. Since then, #Covid has made #circulareconomy goals harder to reach… and more important than ever. It’s never easy, but as we shop this holiday season can we all think about mama #earth and try to minimize waste? For example, please, please, please, try to avoid returns as much as possible. Ask people what they want and make sure sizes are right. Those clothes you nonchalantly send back often end up in a landfill. … I know! It’s shocking. Read on, and you can be the one shocking others and saving the planet with these tidbits of info. You’re welcome. And Merry Christmas. :)

A wise man once said, “I’ll wear your granddad’s clothes. I look incredible. I’m in this big ass coat. From that thrift shop down the road.”

He intended simply to buy on the cheap; he only had $20 in his pocket. But what this man didn’t realize — and really did anyone? — back in the year 2012 was that his appreciation for secondhand flannel zebra jammies made him a circular economy pioneer.