Environmental Impact

Besides supporting the local animal shelter, shopping secondhand at the MCPAWS Thrift Store keeps items out of the landfill.

It also saves water and electricity. Purchasing pre-owned clothing reduces the demand for new production, which is responsible for significant water use, energy consumption, and chemical pollution in the fashion sector.

Buying (and wearing) secondhand clothing instead of new, reduces carbon emissions by an average of 25%

Buying jeans secondhand and wearing them 10 times saves the equivalent of:

637.48 glasses of drinking water

142.2 hours of an LED lightbulb

Buying a dress secondhand and wearing it 10 times saves the equivalent of:

1264.88 glasses of drinking water

537.42 hours of an LED lightbulb

Buying a top secondhand and wearing it 10 times saves the equivalent of:

471.24 glasses of drinking water

184.57 hours of an LED lightbulb