New life for second-hand items

Last updated: Monday, September 28, 2009 |

Used clothes, footwear, books and other goods were exchanged at the second Mottainai Festival held at the Hanoi Children’s Palace on September 26.

A gate made of plastic bottles.

 

A student buys three to be named “Mr. Organic,” “Mr. Inorganic” and “Ms. Recycling.”

 

Mrs. Tan from Le Lai Street brings a big bag of secondhand clothes to exchange at the festival.

 

Books and magazines are also exchanged.

 

A girl is seeking for a satisfactory item in a secondhand clothes stall.

 

A stall for used bags.

 

Duong went to the festival with a group of students from Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities. She said she exchanged some used clothes.

 

Duc, from the University for Natural Sciences, is trying on a secondhand pair of shoes.

 

A young girl “wears” a dustbin with visitors’ signatures.

 

An old man brings a pair of glasses. They are too old to exchange, but the glasses can still be donated to the poor.

 

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