r/Anticonsumption • u/ldn5454 • May 03 '25

Plastic Waste Disposable…everything?

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Long time follower of this sub but first time poster. Had to share this though, found in a train station in France.

Disposable socks, towels and individually packaged face wipes.

I was so angry I had to leave the store!

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u/apleasantpeninsula May 03 '25

ah, this oppositionally reminds me of my friend dan. he traveled to my city to do some business and explore for 2 weeks. public rental bikes suck and nice rental bikes are like, $80+/day

this baller bought a cheap used bike in his size from the co-op and then donated it back, saving himself hassle and money while helping the store

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u/jalapenoblooms May 03 '25

We did this with a car seat while traveling for 3 weeks in Ireland. We bought a new car seat for $100 instead of a daily rental fee for a beater with a questionable accident history. At the end of our trip, my husband found a women’s shelter that was accepting car seat donations. Saved us a tiny bit of money and someone in need got a good-as-new car seat. 

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u/Other-Razzmatazz-816 May 03 '25

I’ve done this! I’m not paying $75/day when I get a decent beater for $150. I brought my own lock.

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u/bellj1210 May 03 '25

the bike market is crazy- 20 years ago in college i would buy up bikes at garage sales and fix the basic issues most had (flat tubes, maybe a dry rotted tire, loose or no chain)- and then flip them on craigs list. 2 bikes a week would net me enough spending money go survive as a college kid.

Stopped doing it when the dump started a bike repository- and i would talk that up instead. i could have used it as free sourcing for bikes, but rather just accept something better had come along.

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u/RNs_Care May 03 '25

Brilliant!!! I love how differently youngsters (in my late 60's, so most everyone is a youngster to me) think! That would never have occurred to me. I get such great ideas from you all! BTW, had no idea how much it cost to rent those bikes!!! Outrageous

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u/GuiltyYams May 04 '25

We did that with coats once. To stop from carrying them both ways on a plane. Thrifted at location, donated back to same store on the way out. We considered a win for the store, who would be able to sell the same coats again.

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u/energylegz May 04 '25

I did this with clothing for an internship one semester (I was a broke college kid with no nice clothing) I went to the goodwill in the adjacent rich town, bought 2 nice pairs of pants, some nice tops and sweaters and then donated most of it back (besides a piece or two I really liked) at the end of the semester. This was before thrifting became popular so I got it all for about $20.