Yad2 and Facebook Marketplace are just two of a number of virtual stores allowing consumers to sell, or more often give away, manufactured goods. From electric machinery to furniture, consumers can navigate these sites with ease to buy reused furniture or appliances to repurpose for themselves, or sell broken items for parts (for free). Without a physical store location, these websites allow for a natural circular economy for recyclable goods, with virtually no maintenance cost. Owners of already-manufactured goods post goods for auction or sale, all the while reducing the need for new items to be released into the market. Broken items are often bought by technicians or skilled workers for parts to be used or fixed, and then re-released to the market. The practical result of such websites is the reduction in demand for newly-manufactured goods, cutting supply rates and reducing manufacturing and factory emissions, as well as increasing the availability of recycling materials for production of new items after they break. The use of this service is free, as well as encouraging re-use of old items at no cost to the consumer.
