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Talking with Andy Vagg, the Tip Shop's education officer, has given me a renewed appreciation for people using second hand goods. Recycling is good for the planet but as Andy pointed out recycling takes more energy and uses more carbon. Going to the Tip Shop and buying a table or chair or whatever for a few bucks that some other person has dropped off that morning does not take create any extra carbon, other than the small amount of fuel you have used to get to the Tip Shop. So when I look around my house today at all the second hand Tip Shop furniture I have collected I see not just a mismatch of shabby chic style but a simple, easy way to save some more carbon emmisions by reducing our consumerism.