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Having dedicated some ink to antiquing and pawn shops, Tidbits explores another of our major methods of retail “recycling” — the garage sale. Every single weekend, individual mini-entrepreneurs open their garages and yards to sell used (and occasionally new) items from their homes to bargain hunters from their neighborhoods and beyond. Here are some interesting bits about this popular underground economy. • Most of us think of garage (or yard) sales as a series of decentralized, unconnected, weekend family “stores” set up in the front yard, and for the most part, they are. However, every year, right before Labor Day weekend, there is a garage sale that stretches from Maryland to California. • This past May celebrated the 13th annual “Great US 50 Yard Sale.” This celebration was held May 18-20 this year. • The event includes a loose collection of businesses and towns along US Highway 50. Highway 50 is one of the longest highways in the United States. It stretches from Ocean City, Maryland, to Sacramento, California, over 3,073 miles! A 1997 article in Time magazine declared it the “backbone of America.” • Though the Great US 50 Yard Sale isn’t formally organized nationwide, its organizers have coordinated steadily with counties all along the route who have given their support. This support has grown steadily every year, with media outlets picking up the story. Although official numbers were too numerous and difficult to tabulate, one writer covering the story found over 75 yard sales in just one 25-mile stretch of highway. • Organized garage sales like the Great US 50 Yard Sale aren’t the sole province of the United States. In fact, other countries have approached them from a unique perspective. • Calling itself the “World’s Longest Yardsale,” The 127 Corridor Sale stretches from Addison, Michigan, to Gadsden, Alabama, over 690 miles. Yet that’s not even half the distance of the Great US 50 Yard Sale. • While the descriptor “World’s Longest” may not be wholly accurate, this sale is highly organized, with headquarters in Jamestown, Tennessee. The 2012 event took place August 2-5. • One popular celebration in Bondi, Australia, organized 126 different yard sales for its “Garage Sale Trail.” The idea was the brainchild of a company named “Republic of Everyone” as part of a larger competition to come up with innovative ways to recycle. • The Garage Sale Trail was a big success. In addition to connecting 126 different sales, it was estimated that nearly $100,000 of goods changed hands. It was the equivalent of 15 metal shipping containers (each housing about 1,600 cubic feet) full of stuff that would’ve otherwise ended up in a landfill. • The sale was one of the prize ideas generated by the “Green Globes” competition. • In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, competition judge Nicolette Boele says, “What I loved about this was the hosting of an event…where you could bring so many elements of the community to celebrate and re-use. The whole trash and treasure thing has many more outcomes and benefits for sustainability than was perhaps intended. It may have started out as a big garage sale, but it turned out to be so much more.”
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