The opening of world’s first plastic-free supermarket in Germany is the fruit of a year-long campaign launched in January 2017 with a single goal: “to dramatically reduce” plastic usage, especially in food and drinks packaging. The concept of the store is simple: all food is provided in bulk and customers bring their own containers. If you forget your containers, you can borrow multi-use ones from the store, or make use of recycled paper bags. While the concept is familiar to food co-ops, Original Unverpackt is on a larger scale and provides absolutely no single use packaging or pre-packaged goods. Dry goods are dispensed from gravity bins, allowing shoppers to customize their purchase and avoid wasting food at home caused by buying more than they really need. Credit:
