I’m always looking for ways to go green and help the environment. Humans have created a lot of problems on Earth and we have to do our part to help fix it!

I stumbled across this old article titled “Why Reuse Beats Recyling.” It was written back in 1999 but I think the points are still valid today:

Reuse is accomplished through many different methods: Purchasing durable goods, buying and selling in the used marketplace, borrowing, renting, subscribing to business waste exchanges and making or receiving charitable transfers.

It is also achieved by attending to maintenance and repair, as well as by designing in relation to reuse.

This may mean developing products that are reusable, long-lived, capable of being remanufactured or creatively refashioning used items.
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The article goes on to explain that recycling is different from reusing. When something it recycled it actually has to be reprocessed into something else.

But when you reuse something, you keep the original “energy” that was used to produce that item and you save energy on disposal or even recycling costs!

So, how does this apply to a consignment boutique like Great Labels?

Simple!

Great Labels helps create a “reuse cycle”!

If more people take care of their fashion, then we can buy it from our clients, and sell it for a better price (but still at a fraction of the original retail cost).

The result is a lot of happy things:

• Happy clients who get more money in their pockets.
• Happy buyers who get great deals on high-end designer labels.
• A happy closet that’s rid of the stuff you don’t want and filled with the stuff you DO want.
• And a happy Earth because we’re reusing!

Reducing and Reusing isn’t just for paper, cans and glass anymore. It applies to designer fashion too!

So, I guess you could say that buying and selling at Great Labels is a way to help the environment and save the Earth!

I think that good reason for consignment shopaholics everywhere!

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