Affordability and sustainability: Why do people really buy secondhand goods?

Dec 15, 2021

An "ukay-ukay" stall in Silay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines in 2015. Fiipinos are avid customers of "ukay-ukay" goods, the local version of the flea market.

In the survey titled The Carousell Recommerce Index 2021, 92 per cent of Filipino respondents said they have bought secondhand items. Image: Flickr/ Brian Evans

Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

Correspondent, Manila, Correspondent, Manila

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In the survey, 95 per cent of millennials in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong felt that purchasing pre-owned items is more sustainable Image: Carousell/Eco Business

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