{"id":1019,"date":"2022-02-17T07:09:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T07:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/?p=1019"},"modified":"2023-07-11T09:42:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T09:42:21","slug":"yard-sales-for-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/yard-sales-for-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Yard Sales for Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1019\" class=\"elementor elementor-1019\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0aebdc4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0aebdc4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-06b6713\" data-id=\"06b6713\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3a2431 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"d3a2431\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/podcasters.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/yss-podcast\/embed\/episodes\/Yard-Sales-for-Sustainability--Yard-Sale-Search-Podcast-e26qddf\" height=\"102px\" width=\"400px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3749ec7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3749ec7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We love yard sales for so many great reasons: they make for great community events, they give us a chance to find <a href=\"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/have-you-found-more-treasures-at-yard-sales-or-at-thrift-stores\/\">unexpected treasures<\/a>, they\u2019re an easy opportunity for <a href=\"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/spring-cleaning-made-easy-how-yard-sales-can-help-you-declutter\/\">decluttering<\/a>, they\u2019re great for finding amazing items and great prices\u2026the list goes on! But there\u2019s one more reason to love yard sales that just about everyone can get behind: sustainability.<\/p><p>It\u2019s a topic that swings in and out of popular discourse, but as the effects of climate change <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/science-environment-58396975#:~:text=As%20global%20temperatures%20have%20risen,the%20scale%20of%20these%20events.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">become more and more tangible<\/a>, it\u2019s never a bad time to start thinking about how to make your personal consumption more responsible. One great way to do this? Go to yard sales! Here are a few ways that yard sales are great options for sustainable consumption.<\/p><h2>Fast fashion and production<\/h2><p>Especially when it comes to clothes, there are a lot of reasons some people prefer to shop at yard sales rather than the mall. For many, it comes down to a preference for <a href=\"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/have-vintage-items-heres-how-you-can-make-money-selling-vintage-goods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vintage<\/a> styles and throwback looks\u2014we\u2019re certainly a fan of this. For others, however, a big part of it is avoiding the <a href=\"https:\/\/psci.princeton.edu\/tips\/2020\/7\/20\/the-impact-of-fast-fashion-on-the-environment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">environmental impact of fast fashion<\/a>.<\/p><p>It\u2019s easy to pick up cheap shirts at the mall for super low prices, and a lot of us do it without giving it a second thought, but as usual, there\u2019s more than meets the eye. For one, these sorts of stores and fashion trends are meant to have you coming back in to buy more regularly. What does it matter that you just bought a bunch of new clothes last season? The trends have changed! Right?<\/p><p>While that might make sense on a fashion level, it puts a lot of strain on the environment. The ridiculous amount of water and microplastics needed to support production and consumption on that level do serious harm to the planet, and those low prices mean that that harm is affecting countries to where the labor is being exported first. How can you avoid feeding into this vicious cycle of overproduction? Go to a yard sale, or buy your clothes second-hand in general! By buying items that have already been produced, you aren\u2019t adding more materials into the environment or exporting more labor for your purchase. Plus, you get to feed that vintage chic directly.<\/p><h2>Avoiding landfills<\/h2><p>Another danger of fast fashion is that these articles aren\u2019t only meant to be purchased frequently, they\u2019re meant to be discarded frequently as well. More generally with anything you buy, when its time to part ways with the item, often the landfill will be its final destination. Unfortunately,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorado.edu\/ecenter\/2021\/04\/15\/hidden-damage-landfills#:~:text=Environmental%20Impact%20of%20Landfills&amp;text=Along%20with%20methane%2C%20landfills%20also,create%20smog%20if%20left%20uncontrolled.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> landfills pose significant threats to the environment<\/a>, and discarding items more frequently only makes it worse.<\/p><p>Don\u2019t get us wrong, sometimes things need to be thrown away. Often, however, we\u2019re throwing away items that are perfectly fine, but that might have been replaced with an upgrade or have simply lost their place in our lives. Instead of throwing these perfectly good items away, however, how about finding them a new home? That\u2019s right, with a yard sale! In fact, whether it\u2019s buying or selling, keeping items in use and circulation longer through yard sales and similar structures helps us push less items into landfills as a community, and also helps us use less resources in production. Once again, yard sales are a win-win situation.<\/p><h2>They don\u2019t make \u2018em like they used to<\/h2><p>There are right times and wrong times to use this phrase, but when it comes to sustainability and yard sales, it definitely fits. A lot of people like vintage items because they prefer the style from a different time, and we can get down with that. Some people, however, like to search for vintage items because they are simply made to last. This isn\u2019t just some nostalgia trip, either. It\u2019s a concept called <a href=\"https:\/\/novamoney.com\/blog\/14-built-for-failure-planned-obsolescence-and-why-we-do-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">planned obsolesce<\/a>, and as companies optimize their profit-making strategies more and more, it\u2019s something that\u2019s put into place across industries more and more as well.<\/p><p>In short, planned obsolesce is the practice of designing products in such a way that you\u2019ll need a replacement soon enough\u2014think of your phone magically becoming unusable every two years or so. The sooner your stuff breaks down, the sooner you\u2019re back in the store to spend more money. Lame, we know, but profitable. As this practice has become more commonplace, it also means that products aren\u2019t as likely to last you as long as they used to. A workaround? Buy old stuff! More specifically, go to yard sales and other used item shops and find what you need, made before things were designed to break. This fits into the other points, meaning that you don\u2019t feed into the chain of overproduction for profit, and you also don\u2019t buy things that are going to go into a landfill in two years.<\/p><p>The truth is that a few thrifted sweaters aren\u2019t going to save the planet, and you aren\u2019t going to single-handedly empty the landfill with your neighborhood sale, but baking practices like these into our basic routines and mindsets can be the first step to leading more sustainable lives and a more sustainable community. So, whether it\u2019s for you or whether it\u2019s for the planet, long live the yard sale!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49cdae23 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"49cdae23\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-424661e7\" data-id=\"424661e7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-659e30f3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"659e30f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-141255ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"141255ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardsalesearch.com\/\">Yard Sale Search<\/a> is the most popular platform to post your yard sales and garage sales online. If you want to get maximum visibility on the web, then you need to\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yardsalesearch.com\/sale\/manage\/intro\">post your yard sale<\/a>\u00a0with us.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5df62684 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5df62684\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardsalesearch.com\/sale\/manage\/intro\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-lg\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Post Your Yard Sale<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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But there\u2019s one more reason to love yard sales that just about everyone &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/yard-sales-for-sustainability\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Yard Sales for Sustainability<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[41,39],"tags":[283,281,279,277],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1019"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1869,"href":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019\/revisions\/1869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yardsalesearch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}