Hey guys! I know I talk A LOT about easy swaps you can make to be more eco-friendly, but did you know that there are low-waste …
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I WENT TO A LOW WASTE GROCERY STORE…IS THIS THE FUTURE?! I AM SHOOK!!!! | The Edgy Veg
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Thank you for all the recent love on this video!
Check out my 10 hacks for sustainable/low waste grocery shopping here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZt9HR9AQHo
I love that places like this exist ❤. Have to check if something similar is near my place.
Although, the manual weighing part is probably going to be too inconvenient for a lot of people. But if these places get enough money, additional staff or technology can help with that.
I wish I had something like this near me, but unfortunately, it’s a pick up or delivery system and a lot of stuff still comes in plastic🫤
Loved the info
I’m in Illinois I wish I could find a zero waste store like this
Please come to Bulgaria
That is disgusting never cleaning the peanut butter jar the residue will eventually go rancid. Also I would never clean an empty peanut butter jar just throw it away its not worth it. Why would anyone bring a half used jar of stuff and add fresh product to it mixing old with new makes no sense.
You would not find me in that type of store! Simply put, you cannot control what small children are going to do with or in those lower bulk drawers — unless you have someone guarding the drawers ALL the time!
What do you do when a woman arrives at the store with five kids? You cannot watch ALL 5 all the time. And, yes, I've actually seen 'things' happen in the bulk food section of a Whole Foods store!
Some of the things done here in this video appear unsanitary as well.
I love this but it seems a little unsanitary, lots of cross contamination?
Beauty radiates out of everything from you, your truly passionate about all you are 🌼 thank you all you
Who else just watches that bullshit cause ur teacher told u too?
Peace.. Shalom.. Salam.. Namaste and Thank You Everybody for All that you are doing to Heal our Mother Earth 🙏🏻 😊 🌈 ✌ 🌷 ☮️ ❤️
It's funny how people talk about this as 'being the future' when this is pretty much how people shopped until the middle of the 20th century. Only then did we suddenly start wrapping everything in plastic. This is going back to the past with maybe some modern tech to go along with it. I love it though, I hope one day people will look back at the years of plastic-everything and shake their heads at how stupid we were, just like we do when talking about past centuries lacking knowledge we take for granted today.
I have a healthy living with bulk bins but some stuff is really expensive like the tea is 50 dollars
She said it is great to clean out your peanut butter jar but no one does that
Owners of a zero waste store should get some tax write off
I love this video iam new lol so cool
Is filling half-full bottles not suspicious ? 🤷🏻♀️
You’re a hippie in a Prince shirt. I love you. 💜
When refill, do you have to touch the nozzle?! 🤦🏻♀️
Omg, frozen fruit in bulk!! I want!
Loved this video, will definitely check it out. Thank youuuuuuu, wouldn’t have known about it without you
awwwww i live in ny
I'm happy to see this my grocery store is a little different. It's in Arkansas and for anyone living near or in Fayetteville should go support Ozark natural foods. They still have some plastic, but it's low waste and they are trying to make a good change. This is definitely like going back in time. Specially for all the mommies out there doing the cloth diapers. I'm barely going to start now that my daughter is 10 months old. Wish I could've started it sooner, but my mom was surprised I wanted to do cloth diapers. She and all her siblings grew up doing the whole cloth diapers. So all of these changes is like going back in time. It would be funny if they start hiring for a milk man job like back in the days as my great grandmother would say lol.
OMG. I'm the most jealous.
Its basicaly a candy store
I wish we had a store like this near me 😍 I'm failing at cutting down waste 😭
Hi, I’ve got a few tips to share with you if you’d be interested in living more sustainably (plant trees, make less waste etc) but don’t know where to start! If not, just scroll past and have a cool day 🙂
-Something super easy: Download Ecosia. It’s a browser you can install as a Chrome extension. Except for the fact that they use 80 % of the ad revenue to plant trees worldwide. You plant a tree by making around 45 searches. So you do good by changing basically nothing.
-Littering. Do you smoke or know someone who smokes? Make sure they throw the cigarette butts in a trashcan. It’s made from plastic and takes at least 20 years to biodegrade. Same with bubble gums. Don’t throw them on the ground.
-Public transport. If you’re able, use it as much as you can. Or go by bike. You’ll feel better realising how much CO2 you save by not using car too.
-Plastic. We all know single use plastic is a big problem. It’s so easy to carry your own bag wherever you go! There are cloth sacks you can use for fruit/vegetables, also bread etc. I’ve been using a cotton one for years now. So you can say bye to single use plastic bags. Also zero waste shops are becoming more common! Google if you have some nearby and go shop into your own containers 🙂
-Buy secondhand things if possible. Not just clothes. Also sell or donate stuff, don’t throw away things you don’t have to.
-Don’t buy books but borrow them in a library or buy a Kindle and read e-books. They’re also easier to carry around!
-Women, research zero waste menstrual hygiene products. Think of the amount you’d save every month with a single silicone cup for example!
-Bottled water is full of microplastics. If possible, drink tap water and carry it around in a reusable bottle. (Or reuse simply a normal plastic bottle! I’ve had the same ‘single-use’ plastic one for 2 years now. They don’t go bad if you clean them.) You’ll also save money!
-Eat less meat and animal products in general. This is a point people stop usually listening to me. They don’t believe it makes a difference. Just google how much water you need to produce a single kilogram of meat. The Amazon was also burning mostly because people burned it themselves so they could plant soya etc there instead of trees! 90 % of that soya is exported to feed animals. So basically yes, eating meat supports deforestation. If you eat less meat, there’ll be less demand for it and there won’t be so many animals needed = more place for trees and fiels to feed humans. Noone’s asking you to be vegan. Just eat less meat. Participate in a #meatlessmonday perhaps? Or for example sometimes get tofu in an asian restaurant instead of chicken. Or go to a vegan restaurant from time to time. It’s up to you to create a habit suitable for you. I read that America should cut its meat consumption by half and Europe by one third.
-Order less stuff online.
-Order takeaways into your own containers. Starbucks and other companies give you a discount if you bring your own cup.
-Did you know most of the plastic in the ocean are fishnets? Now I’m not really sure how to deal with this. I stopped eating fish but I guess you can research who catches fish without nets? Like those fish farms or something like that? Local fish people catch with fish rods? If you have a better idea, let me know.
-Be interested in this issue. There are tons of tips on how to live more sustainably here on Youtube but also on Instagram and other social media.
I started doing so around a year ago by simply buying a bamboo toothbrush that reminded me every morning to live more sustainably that day.
It’s so easy and there’s no better time to start doing it than now.
A few more small tips:
Get hankies (cloth tissues) instead of paper tissues that are not recyclable. Confetti from leaves. Plastic-free glitter.
Bathroom – shampoo bars are great and plastic free, as mentioned, bamboo toothbrush is a thing, wet wipes are plastic! Don’t throw them into the toilet. Safety razors are life, don't be afraid of them. Shoutout to bidets.
Kitchen – before you buy stainless steel straws, ask yourself, do you really need them for yourself? How about you rather ask your local restaurants if they have thought about using these straws instead of plastic ones? It’s so easy, I just sent my local cafés a message on their social media accounts. Also silicone parchment paper is great. Reusable for years. And in case you make ice in plastic bags, you can use reusable ice molds instead. Teabags contain plastic. Give loose tea a try. Mint tea is great and mint is even so easy to grow on your own 🙂
Garden/balcony – You can grow your own veggies so easily you’d be surprised! And pesticide free too 🙂 Also compost food, or even better, don't waste food. Food scraps that end up in a landfill generate methane gas (you don't want that), composted food produces carbon dioxide which fertilizes plants and makes worms happy.
Travelling – If possible, avoid flying. Although did you know you can bring your own empty water bottle through security check and refill it in a water fountain/sink in a bathroom? Save money and plastic!
And my last point, be an example to your friends and family! Maybe they’ll be inspired to live more sustainably as well 🙂 I know all of this can be a bit overwhelming but just pick some of the stuff mentioned and do small steps! Good luck 🙂 And feel free to like this or copypaste it somewhere so more people see it 🙂
"Humanely raised" lmao. I would have said something. Not in an attacky way but just kindly given some resources and challenged the societal norm that humane killing is real
Omg I wish I lived by a store like thattttt
I wouldn't shop there because it's not very hygenic. You don't know who is sticking dirty jars and hands on those dispensers and spoons. Also, That place is so expensive. Normal people can't afford that. And, putting sticky labels on everything isn't waste free and what a pain to remove every time. Nah
I put a piece of masking tape on my jar to write the jar weight and product code on.