Comments by "Brad Griffin" (@BradGryphonn) on "Meet The Woman Who Turns Trash Into High-End Furniture That Costs Thousands | World Wide Waste" video.

@stephenlambert6407 Or, reuse rubbish and make your own. Then you don't have to pay for a new couch or bed. Or, make furniture out of waste and make some money for yourself. The subject is waste, not climate.
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There are some negative comments about this business. I understand, and I assume the producers do too, that this business isn't the answer to waste recycling. However, it is one small part of the future of waste. We can't keep dumping the stuff we think is useless. I was making coffee tables and bedside tables from waste pallets in the 90s. I was also buying cheap (soon to be) antique radiograms and other items and would do some basic restoration and resell them. No, I didn't make much of an impact either. But, as with this business in the video, I did something. Oh, and as one person commented re 'virtue signaling' for the rich? Well, fine. Some waste gets repurposed and reused, the rich buyers get to look trendy and 'woke', a few people make some dollars from it, and it may even inspire more cottage recycling/repurposing industries. I reckon that's a win all 'round. It won't be too far away in time when it will become mandatory to reuse, repurpose, or refurbish waste as a necessity for maintaining a liveable planet. Eventually, the 'throwaway society' that drives our economy will collapse.
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@stephenlambert6407 WTF? Please explain how you think I have something against the homeless, given that I am for all intents and purposes homeless myself? I did not disparage what this company is doing in any way. How did you come to the conclusion that I have something against homeless people?
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@luvyatubers I used to raid the dumpsters behind electronics and furniture shops back in the day, before they started putting cages around their dumpsters.
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