50 Times Trash Was Turned Into Another Man’s Treasure On The “Stooping NYC” IG Page (New Pics)

There’s no question that thrifting is better for the environment than buying fast fashion or cheap furniture from IKEA that might only last a couple of seasons. At the moment, 100 billion new clothing items are produced around the world each year, and 57% of the clothing that gets thrown away is sent to landfills. And buying cheap fabrics is harmful for the planet, as synthetic fibers take 80-800 times longer to decompose than natural materials. It’s certainly better to get things secondhand than to have to create something new when there’s more than enough for all of us already sitting in thrift stores and on New Yorkers’ stoops.  

Stooping is mostly used to find furniture and household items, rather than clothing, but those can have a significant impact on the environment as well. IKEA actually uses 1% of the entire world’s wood each year to create cheap furniture, and they only account for one brand. Picking up stooped furniture is a great way to stop contributing to this deforestation. Plus, the items you’ll find on the street will definitely have much more character than the exact same pieces that can be found in millions of homes around the globe.    

We hope you’re enjoying these photos of treasures found on the streets of New York, pandas! Keep upvoting the items you would love to take home with you if you had the chance, and let us know in the comments below if you’ve ever done any stooping of your own in your home city. Then, if you’d like to check out our list of the best Stooping NYC pics of all time, look no further than right here!