Welcome back everyone - lets have a chat for the new year 💛

I created this group to make a community that didn't have so much noise and where people could get to know each other better rather than just being random people chatting randomly about thrifting on the internet. I run a couple of large Op Shopping groups in New Zealand and Australia and there are just so many awesome aspects to the community but there is little depth to the conversation because of how the platform can be sometimes. I run both groups solo and get to decide on content.

At the moment I'm thinking about how I can redirect some of the donations (that aren't really donations) in my country to the right places so that less is sent to landfill....between Australia and New Zealand I have about 160, 000 group members so I feel like I could make a difference to the way some people think about recycling, reusing and repairing. Are there any other people here who have ideas about what could make a difference to the way people think... I also have a website opshops.co which I'm looking at changing a bit over the next few weeks and I was thinking earlier today about having more information on there. So my question is ... do you have any ideas, if you donate what would make you stop and think about where you were sending items in need of repair or not sellable in a thrift store ... is there anything we can do to start to make changes to the way people think about thrift stores ... sorry for the ramble its late here ...but I feel like we could make a difference ...

ps this is the post I ran a few days ago in both groups ... in aussie / kiwi lingo

I figure though if this is a major issue here ...its a worldwide issue

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Welcome back everyone - lets have a chat for the new year 💛