I myself rarely buy new clothing or furniture and thrift almost everything. But it’s easy living in a city with a lot of second hand/vintage/thrift shops. I can’t remember the last time that I bought any new clothes or something. And a lot of stores here have good quality name brand stuff like Levi’s, Fjällräven, Wrangler etc so even though it’s not new, it will last a lot of years still.
I also try to keep extra waste at a minimum. Soap bars, safety razor, shaving bar etc all allowed me to reduce my (mostly plastic) waste.
I don’t eat meat and try not to buy too much packaged food (if possible).
I live in a big city so I rarely use a car. I walk/bike/public transport almost everywhere.
How about you?
I try to spend as little as possible when I need or want something. Like I’m still not on Spotify premium because I found a way to remove the ads on PC.
Otherwise while I try to save on waste, I don’t look at it religiously. My personal contribution is a drop in the ocean compared to what capitalism produces and wastes, I know I’m not gonna make a difference. It’s come to the point where I audibly hate overpackaging when I buy something and feel like it’s kind of my fault for buying it, but then I have to remember I didn’t choose to package it this way, the manufacturer did.
I also live in one of those dorm cities where there is absolutely nothing, no store, no ATMs, no entertainment, no gym, public transport every hour so you have to take the car everywhere you go. I do take the train as needed but otherwise prefer to buy stuff online instead of going to the stores just because it’s so difficult to move out of here.
There is one grocery store but it’s small, expensive, and it’s changed owners 5 times in 15 years. They can’t compete, I’m seriously considering buying it out when the new owners go bust and turning it into a local co-op. Except I’m moving out of this place as soon as I can lol