Rent - don't buy unless you NEED it!

Recently, I been yearning to watch movies from the past... and I decide to rent instead of buying them. Why?

The main reason I choose to rent is I don't really want to 'keep' (leave it lying around) the DVD after I purchase it. In fact by renting, it is relatively much cheaper.... for the price of a DVD, you can watch so much more titles. And by renting, you actually don't contribute to the demand of the item as much as buying a new item... therefore the production of that item is reduce... hence lowering the toll on the resources and energy required in its production! In the long term, if people practice renting over purchasing... we might even affect over all production trends.

So what other things can we rent?

As a general rule of thumb... anything that you might under utilize. Stuff like bicycles, cameras, books, CDs and a lot more... wait a moment... where are you going to rent such stuff? Surely you can't rent it from a shop... but you can 'rent' (share or borrow) from friends and relatives! This way we can reduce the total amount or goods that are BATA (Buy and throw away/aside). haha.

Well... this post is not to encourage a total stop to purchasing ... there are some things we cannot rent, personal or stuff that concern hygiene, things that you want to collect (please don't over do it) or stuff that you see its utilization higher then its cost... means things you would fully or constantly utilize.

The bottom line is... please be considerate and save our planet! Before you purchase any item... think if you can adopt the option of renting it or consider whether you will utilize it or simply dump it after you have used it.

There is nothing strong then the human effort.