How a good rummage through an antique store can be eco-friendly.

The Northern Daily Leader

As the world transitions towards a more sustainable mindset, more people are seeking out the retro furniture picks of their grandparents' generation found in antique stores in country towns.

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00:09 This one here, the antique music box. You'll never see another one probably.

00:18 This is the only one I've ever seen in working order.

00:22 It's not everyone's cup of tea. These things are worth a lot in a certain

00:27 period and then not. And they're usually cyclical. It comes back.

00:30 The shop is very hard to put online because we only have one of everything as a

00:35 general rule. And once it's gone you may never ever see it again.

00:39 You know when you move to a country town they're very small

00:42 in groups as a general rule. And I'd lived here for five years before

00:48 I opened the shop. And I, while others will disapprove of me, I

00:53 think that's probably as early as you can open a new shop in a town

00:56 as someone who's not a worker.

00:59 You really need to start at ground level and reusing

01:05 is the single most important thing you can do.

01:09 Modern society, particularly Western society, produces an enormous amount of

01:13 waste. Well this, some of the stuff in here

01:17 will have been owned by five different people more by the time you get it.

01:21 It's the best way to do it.

01:24 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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