The Recycle for Cornwall campaign has been developed to raise public awareness of recycling and to provide consumers with a compelling reason to recycle.
We think nothing of buying second hand cars or houses, and when it comes to smaller investments it appears that we think the same way. The days when only new will do, have been and gone!
A third of homeowners think there is no point paying full price for new books, DVDs, CDs or games when they can pick up quality used ones at a fraction of the cost; and according to new research that is exactly what British Consumers are doing in ever increasing numbers.
Home insurer esure.com revealed that more than 9.5 million homeowners regularly rummage through goods at car boot sales and charity shops looking for a bargain and in today’s age of the internet we are increasingly turning to online auction sites for our purchases.
On the other side of the coin, a household item that has fallen out of your favour might be just what someone else is looking for. The classifieds, online auctions, car boot sales and local charity shops are all routes you can use to clear your home of items you just don’t need any more but aren’t yet ready for the bin. The 100,000 tonnes of textiles which pass through UK charity shops each year prove we are a nation of folk who like to donate; and it’s not all vintage clothes and out of print books either. All sorts of items are available second hand, at a reduced price from charity shops and your purchases will help to contribute to the £90 million charity shops raise each year for much needed causes.
Once bitten by the bug you will wonder why you ever paid full shop price for things , but at least you will have the extra money in your pocket to buy new when you need to. Not only new but recycled too!
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Next time you go down the high street pop into your local charity shop and see what bargains you can pick up.
1st the worst…second the best?