Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale [Audiobook] by Adam Minter
English | February 04, 2020 | ASIN: B082FP9FWQ | M4B@128 kbps | 10h 2m | 547 MB
Narrator: Daniel Henning
English | February 04, 2020 | ASIN: B082FP9FWQ | M4B@128 kbps | 10h 2m | 547 MB
Narrator: Daniel Henning
When you drop a box of unwanted items off at the local thrift store, where do they go? Probably across the country - or even halfway across the world - to people and places eager to reuse what you don't want.
In Secondhand, Adam Minter delves into the vast, multibillion-dollar industry that resells used stuff around the world. He follows the trail of unwanted objects from the closets, garages, and storage units of Middle America to epic used-goods markets in Canada, Mexico, Japan, Ghana, India, Malaysia, and beyond. Secondhand takes us through the often painful and heartbreaking process of cleaning out a lifetime's worth of possessions and shows that used stuff still has a place in a world that values the new and shiny - it entertains us, makes fortunes, fulfills needs, and transforms the way we live and work.