DENPASAR, Bali (BPN) – For the past few months, Scholars of Sustenance (SOS) has been holding the monthly Charity Flea Market as one of its fundraising events to give a solution to the problem, which is good quality stuff going to the landfill just because people don’t want them anymore.
“We get that people rarely use half the stuff that filled their house, or they’re into minimalism now or they’re traveling to Bali and it’s time for them to fly back home and they just don’t have the space to put some of their stuff in their luggage, we get it and we have a great solution to that,” said Tara, Event Manager of SOS.
People can now “Drop and Donate” their good quality stuff at the SOS office at Jalan Danau Tamblingan No. 53, Sanur, Denpasar Timur, and they’ll find new loving homes for them at the Charity Flea Market.
Through this monthly event, SOS is promoting the Circular Economy and allowing local vendors to grow with what the organization is doing there, creating a more sustainable way of life.
Through the Charity Flea Market, the good quality stuff that people donated gets to be loved by someone else, preventing them from going to the landfill.
The stuff that is donated is mostly clothes, books, accessories, and toys, and some are home appliances. They get sorted out before they get displayed at the flea market.
Although most of them are in very good condition, people get to buy them for a very good price, given that we want them to find new homes ASAP instead of ending up in the landfill creating problems.
“As we get a lot of clothes donated to us, just like what we do with surplus food, we want to divert them from the landfill as textile waste not only takes a very long time to decompose, it also produces greenhouse methane gas and releases toxic chemicals and dyes to groundwater and soil,” Tara said.
“We make sure that the good condition ones go to the Charity Flea Market and the rest go to the nearest animal shelter so they can use them for warmth.”
Tara explained that this is just a temporary effort because what they need is to find a sustainable way for the things that we use on a daily basis, so can be eco-friendly and also to be more environmentally conscious when buying or throwing things away.
“Hit the brakes on our usual lifestyle and find a way to appreciate our stuff again, either by upcycling them or giving them to people in need,” Tara said.
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