TOP 5 BENEFITS OF BUYING & SELLING SECONDHAND CLOTHES

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Sustainability

Summer season is over, and it’s time to clean and refresh your wardrobe!
Buying and selling secondhand pieces goes beyond a closet clean-up. It’s part of Maaji’s
Sustainability Mission, and it’s about positively impacting our environment, economy, and your wallet too!

For those reasons, we present the top 5 benefits of buying and selling quality secondhand swimwear, beachwear, activewear, kids’ swimwear and more!

1. Reduce Clothing Waste at Landfills

Have you seen those sad photos of clothing piles in deserts and oceans? We don’t want to be guilty of adding to them… Clothes in landfills release a potent greenhouse gas which harms our planet Earth. Selling or buying quality pieces will stop clothes from ending up in landfills or being burned as waste material.  

2. Reduce Carbon Impact 

According to a 2017 report from the American Apparel Association, each person who buys secondhand clothes can stop more than 500 pounds of carbon emissions from being released into the air each year. It cuts off more than 80% of a person's carbon, waste, and water footprint. 

If you returned one piece of clothing to the circular economy and made it last an average of 2.2 years longer, your carbon and waste footprints would go down by 82%!

3. Save Some Money & Try a New Brand

Most of the time, people only wear new clothes a few times before selling them on the secondhand market. You find awesome, well-kept products for much less than the original retail price. Just like that, you have extra dough in your wallet.
Sometimes trying out a new brand can be scary or different, but buying secondhand clothes at a lower mark-up is a fantastic way to start building your capsule wardrobe.

4. Make some extra money by helping the planet!

Side hustle much? Make money by selling your used clothing items instead of dumping them. When you sell your pieces at our Maaji secondhand store, you can get 110% back in store credit or 80% cash!
100% of Maaji secondhand profits will be invested in our sustainability efforts!

5. Join Circular fashion

By selling your gently worn Maaji swimwear or beachwear, you are contributing to the circularity of the fashion industry by reducing waste that has the potential to harm the environment. Nice work!