"The business models of most manufacturers are geared towards generating profits through the sale of new goods rather ... also profits from purchasing used items. If, through the purchase of ...

First, it’ll keep the items you want to keep tabs on organized and easily accessible. Second, it’ll track the prices of those products and alert you when they go on sale at any major retailer.

The reason this distinction is important, according to Budris, is because the point of recycling isn’t to reprocess used items for the sake of reprocessing them; it’s to displace the need for ...

From Thrifty Beaches to the Switchback, take a tour of the many secondhand clothing stores in downtown San Luis Obispo.