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‘I’m not buying new stuff any more’: the young people getting into ‘degrowth’ (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (14 children)

What's are some of yall's less obvious "always buy second hand" items?

Crockery, cutlery, pressure cookers and computer peripherals are some things I think it makes no sense to buy new. 2nd hand they're usually under a tenth the price and often better quality.

I've heard some arguments that buying 2nd hand cars is usually better for the climate owing to how much of a car's lifetime carbon generation is the manufacturing.

[–] rishado 3 points 9 months ago

Crockery and cutlery? Have you never been to an estate sale? I would never buy that stuff new.

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