Thred-Up

Thre­dup is the world’s lar­gest online thrift store.

Buy­ing second hand is always bet­ter than buy­ing new, even from a very sus­tainable brand. The fashion indus­try is one of the most pol­lu­ting indus­tries in the world. The manu­fac­tu­ring of clot­hing requi­res mate­ri­als, water, ener­gy and che­mi­cals and is often at risks of vio­la­ting labor rights and ani­mal wel­fa­re. Then there’s pack­a­ging, trans­por­ta­ti­on and other impacts you don’t even think about. While pack­a­ging and trans­por­ta­ti­on still hap­pens when you buy second hand, at least you buy a pre-owned pie­ce of clot­hing for which no new pro­duc­tion is nee­ded. This makes buy­ing second hand the most sus­tainable thing you can do to redu­ce your cli­ma­te impact. The­re are a lot of gre­at initia­ti­ves like The Next Clo­set whe­re you can buy ama­zing items for a gre­at pri­ce. Becau­se you never know what you’re going to find, it can be fun as well! Con­sider it a tre­asu­re hunt. Let’s get thrifting!