I came across an interesting article
London's
Unpackaged Grocery Shop Eliminates Wasteful Packaging
by
Bridgette Meinhold, 01/21/10
This shop in London has strict eco-policies on where their source their food from and relies on there customers to bring containers to but the product in to take home.
What the
shop sells - everything from
- nuts,
flour, sugar, beans, herbs, spices, - to
- oils,
vinegars, produce, cheese, bread and even wine
The store
sells almost all their goods out of bulk bins and the packaged items they do
carry are minimal and easily recyclable.
Why unpackaged?
- It’s cheaper to buy and sell things in bulk
- Packaging is a waste of resources and time
- Packaging is really just rubbish and causes pollution because it is so
often sent to the landfill.
Thoughts
- This
could reduce food waste, as we can only fill the boxes it takes, making us be
more specific about what we need and use, this is more similar to old fashioned
way of shopping
- This
requires us to think more in advance, changing our habits, which is what is
need for a sustainable future.
- As a
community we have become obsessed with cleanliness, particularly when food is
involved. For this reason I think there will need to be rules so people are not
worried about buying food that is more open.
- To move
forward into a future that is more stainable, we need to me more open to
change.
- The
answers to our future I believe will take us into the past, this does not have
to be a bad thing eg, shops reverting back to a older style (a pick and mixs look).
- I not sure how far this shopping idea could be pushed, it would work for food,
- In the form of paint and thinking about the customers target audience, this idea would not work for the company pots of paints.
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