Minnesota Writer Adam Minter, Author of Secondhand, Comes Clean
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Maybe it’s built into our genes” — Adam Minter, author SUNDAY CONVERSATION I wanted to find out where my mom’s stuff went after we dropped it off at the donation centre. It’s also about how our stuff affects us economically, socially, spiritually ‘ — Adam Minter By Connie Nelson garbage for most of his life. Now a Malaysia-based columnist for Bloomberg Opinion, he’s followed hat happens to the his fi rst book, Junkyard Planet, with set of heirloom a travelogue that takes readers from china no-one in Minnesota to Ghana, with stops in the family wants? Arizona, Japan, Ontario and Benin. Where does your We talked with Minter about WiPhone 5 end up? And do those garbage, guilt and why quality pilled jeggings from Zara really fi nd matters in our mass-produced a second life? world. Adam Minter answers those questions and more in his riveting You’ve got a lot of experience new book, Secondhand: Travels in with castoff s, correct? the New Global Garage Sale. Minter, I say I was born in a junkyard. the son of a Minneapolis scrap My family has been in ’the scrap dealer, has worked in and written business in north Minneapolis since about what most of us consider the 1920s. Most of my time there Sunday, November 24, 2019 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY was working in the offi ce. But I have very early memories of being “From an in the warehouse and separating plumbing parts. environmental You left Minnesota but perspective, retained your interest in junk. the best thing Why? It’s what I know. I lived in China you can do is for 14 years and worked as a foreign correspondent, writing for scrap make something and recycling industry magazines. last as long as Was that your inspiration for possible. But Secondhand? we live in an One of the roots of this book was our struggle to deal with belongings affluent society after a family member passed away. that has access It was a personal quest. I wanted to fi nd out where my mom’s stuff to disposable went after we dropped it off at the donation centre. It’s also about how fashion, our stuff aff ects us economically, socially, spiritually. disposable furniture” I expected your book to be a tirade against wanton —Adam Minter consumerism, or at least a guilt trip about our throwaway culture. But you didn’t go there. quality and the increased mass Why not? production of cheap goods It’s pretty clear that if you threatens the reuse market. start telling people what to do it Why is that? doesn’t work. The environmental The price point of new is I would implement durability Try to repair before you replace. shopjimmy.com or ifixit.com. community has tried to get people competing with the price point of labelling. A smartphone company Flat-screen TVs break down all Don’t overlook the secondhand to consume less for decades. People secondhand. And if those prices are should tell you how long they’re the time, but they’re so easy to market, especially parents.