The annual event appeals to the nostalgic, the thrifty, the enterpreneneurial, and the sustainability\u002Dminded.
Advertisement 4On bi-weekly garbage nights, in and around the Glebe, Whatman will grab items from the curbside that it pains her to imagine in a landfill. Plastic is a particular trigger, hence the $3 brightly-coloured garbage containers and the set of spin mop buckets she was selling Saturday. “I know that’s not going to biodegrade anytime soon,” Whatman said.
Through it all, he was never sure what, exactly, they were. But they were freely offered up by a landlord after a previous tenant left them behind, “were so cool,” and he thought they might have value or a use someday. However, he doesn’t actually do kendo and doesn’t think he will use his new acquisitions himself. But he has a collection of martial arts weapons and, like their former owner, also thinks their value could be realized someday. “I have a lot of friends who do martial arts all around the world. So it’s quite possible, if I mentioned this to one of them, they would be like, ‘Hey, I’ll buy this from you.
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