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We’re slowly drowning the planet in a sea of plastic and other superfluous materials.

Animals get caught in bottles and netting dumped in the sea. Our streets get littered in non-biodegradable crap. Our landfills are overflowing.

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Which is why supermarkets are starting to make such an effort to curb the number of plastic bags we use.

Online, more and more of us are taking part in zero-plastic challenges.


But if you want to take it a step further and stop buying any packaging at all, just head on down to Dalston, where London’s first zero-waste supermarket has just opened up.

Bulk Market is offering consumers the chance to bring their own receptacles, fill them up and pay by weight.



No more overflowing recycling bins. No buying more than you need. No annoying wrappers. Just the produce you want and need.

It sells everything you’d want, from fruit and veg to dairy, oils, vinegars, spices, pulses and alcohol. And you can even make your pet more ethical by buying dog food there, as well as paper-wrapped bog roll and bambo toothbrushes.

Everything’s been sourced within a 50-mile radius and is free from big-name brands.

The market is currently crowdfunding to keep the enterprise going, with over 25% of its £29,000 already pledged.

Founded by Ingrid Caldironi, Bulk Market’s main mission is to help people make a difference in the place they live with their everyday choices.

‘Not a hippy or treehuger, I’ve never been a hardcore green,’ she says on the Bulk Market website.

‘Like many others, I used to believe that stuff gets recycled and there was no other way of living without creating a lot of waste.

‘After reading about a 20-something girl from NY with years of rubbish fitting in a jar, I decided to go zero waste. But companies don’t make it easy for people to avoid waste.’

But Bulk Market is.

So…what are you waiting for?

You can donate to Bulk Market’s crowdfunding campaign here.

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