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-People leave a lot of perfectly good stuff at the curb sometimes, when moving or decluttering their homes.
+[[File:Furniture wasted on moving day.jpg|thumb|Furniture wasted on moving day]]
-Examples
+People leave a lot of perfectly good stuff at the curb sometimes, when '''moving''' or '''decluttering''' their homes.
-* Furniture
+'''Examples'''
+* Furniture, both new & old
+* [[Appliances]]
 * Clothes
-* Spices & tea
+* [[Food]] {{x|especially non-perishables like spices & tea}}
-* [[Appliances]]
+'''Causes (reasons)'''
+* Having to empty an apartment before moving out
+* Having to empty a house before selling it
+** Sometimes this is even codified into contracts with a real estate agent
+** Other times it's just a social norm: It's considered "bad etiquette" to leave anything in the home when selling. <!--This is quite frankly ridiculous, because somebody could use that stuff, and [[thrift shops]] are already overloaded typically. Why ditch a perfectly good table when the person moving in probably needs a table anyway; especially new homeowners are going to need more furniture than they had in their last place. Why not re-use instead of buy new? Consumerism is so ingrained in our culture that you can't even talk to the [people moving] about re-use without sounding crazy. This an example of how middle-class personal choices can fuck the planet just as bad as billionaires.-->
+* Not having time{{linespacer}}{{p|~ to take everything when moving out<br />~ to bring things to charities or thrift stores}}
+* Not having space {{p|~ either in the moving truck, or in the new dwelling<br />~ or in the current dwelling, in the case of ''decluttering''}}
+* Not having ability {{p|~ to move heavy things<br />~ to hire movers<br />~ etc.}}
+'''Effects'''
+* The items usually get damaged by rain, or taken by garbage trucks.
+* Very little opportunity for anyone else to use the items.
+* Environmental damage
+** Furniture piles up in landfills.
+** [[climate change|Carbon emissions]] from manufacturing more items instead of [[frugalism|re-using]].
+'''Solutions'''
+* Quick fixes
+** [[Furniture banks]]
+** [[Stuff huts]]
+* Deep / cultural shifts needed
+** Normalize the idea of hand-me-downs from one{{alt|homeowner|tenant|resident}}to the next.
+** Campaign against {{p2|contracts|~ with real estate brokers, in the case of homeownership<br />~ with landlords, in the case of apartment rental}} that force people to empty their{{alt|homes before selling|apartments before moving out|homes before moving out}}.
+* Tech
+** Let's build a web app where people can post free stuff on a map {{npn}}
-Reasons
+'''See also'''
-* Not having time
+* [[Food waste]]
-* Not having space
+* [[Housing]]
-* Social norm: When you move out of an apartment or sell your house, it's considered bad etiquette to leave anything in there.<!--This is quite frankly ridiculous, because somebody could use that stuff, and [[thrift shops]] are already overloaded typically. Why ditch a perfectly good table when the person moving in probably needs a table anyway; especially new homeowners are going to need more furniture than they had in their last place. Why not re-use instead of buy new? Consumerism is so ingrained in our culture that you can't even talk to the [people moving] about re-use without sounding crazy. This an example of how middle-class personal choices can fuck the planet just as bad as billionaires.-->
+<!--* [[Hoarding]]
-Solutions
+TALK:
-* [[Furniture banks]]
+We gotta specify somewhere that [[home waste]] is largely a "first-world" phenomenon - something that mainly happens in developed countries.
-* [[Stuff huts]]
+Where should this be said?
+Or just categorize the page instead?
+-->
+[[Category:Dysfunctional first-world phenomena]]