The saying is “reduce, reuse, recycle” for a reason. It’s in order of impact, with recycling being low impact and reactive and reducing being high impact and proactive.
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As if I had enough money for a second sustainable outfit
The prices on this things I swear :,(
That’s why thrift stores exist. Nothing more sustainable than buying used.
And the stuff there is generally good quality, since it has been used and not fallen apart for being cheap shit.
I've exclusively bought clothes, furniture, kitchenware etc. second hand for about 10 years now and everything has been cheaper and so much nicer and better quality than anything I could buy new.
I've shifted to buying a lot of things used but I still can't wrap my head around buying used clothing most of the time. There is an overwhelming selection of choices, and even if I sift through all of that to find the sort of stuff I need chances are it isn't going to fit well.
Poshmark helps for some things, but only if it's like a discrete, easily categorized item that I can clearly for (like a specific brand of hat, or a specific line of pants from a specific brand that I already know fit). I'm appreciative of brands that have started carrying their own used clothing sections - even though it's usually more expensive it's so much easier to wrap my head around.
Contrast that with things like electronics or household items which I go used for all day every day. I needed a rice cooker, bought a used Zojirushi off a local guy within a week, easy as pie.
If you've got any local tailors, you can always buy slightly larger and then bring the clothes to them for adjustments
That only works for people for whom the largest size option is too big in every dimension. For me, XXL clothing is rare, AND 75% of the time, XXL clothing is made for a person 11" shorter than me who weighs 3x more than me. Which a tailor can reduce the width, but a tailor can't make the clothes taller.
Ah, that's fair. My SO is plus sized, and she usually doesn't have a good time thrifting either for similar reasons.
I feel fat shamed.
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Not being able to afford over consumption at sustainable prices is half the point, right?
I agree with that statement, but I also don’t know how to define where the line is where consumption turns into overconsumption. Any ideas?
People buying every shoe color in order to match all the time? I don't mean like 3-6 pairs.