This is what the first "zero waste" store in the UK looks like
"The idea came to us after reading an article about **Unverpacket**, in Berlin. They offered unpackaged food , and that's exactly what we as consumers needed. There was none, so we created it Nicola tells us.
What made her response to the problem so powerful was moving to a building without recycling bins , well, shortly after living there, they realized the huge amount of waste that they generated when they were only two.
An organic breakfast and "zero waste"
Nicola and Richard now have a baby, Willow, and are even more aware of of the world that they want to leave to her little girl. For them, your store is helping to make it happen. "Being kind to the planet is something that can be done with different actions: taking shorter showers, cycling to work and not using sprays, for example, but What if the way you shop became the most powerful form of activism you carry out? ", they wonder.
So, in your store, products are sold in bulk, and purchased without bags. Each one carries a container of the type they want - okay if it fits in the weight of the premises, to be able to measure the amount of product that the consumer takes- and fills it with the food that he prefers. In addition, they also have devices that turn into jam any combination of nuts the customer wants (and apparently, that's all one hit among consumers).
Nicola, Richard and Willow, the family that can revolutionize the way you shop
"That's the biggest difference between opening a store like ours and a traditional one. Everything is in bulk and most things come in 20 kilo bags, which is a very large financial commitment to get started. Furthermore, we have had to spend a lot of time and energy on set up the place , in choosing some food containers that worked well, etc. The typical store shelves they wouldn't have worked," explains Nicola.
Likewise, the choice of what is sold is also most careful. In this way, not only the food comes from organic crops, but also the rest of the products must stand out for their no impact on the environment and its manufacturing, local and sustainable. In fact, recently, they removed from their shelves a supposedly green cleaning brand because they discovered that it was not so much...
However, for them, the effort has been worth it: " The local community has been wonderful with us, they appreciate and support Earth.Food.Love so much." Nicola tells us. "Every time you make a purchase, you are casting a vote on the kind of world you want to live in. We want a sustainable, free and flourishing world that future generations can enjoy", sums up the couple.
Food containers instead of individual packages