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Six weeks ago, the first ever zero-waste shop came to Yeovil in the Quedam Centre.

Sitting opposite the former BHS, the new "community" focused store offers everyday products such as pasta, cereal, spices, tea, toiletries and much more, as well as workshops.

You bring your own containers to the shop - or purchase one of their reusable ones - and then fill up as much as you please before paying based on weight.

The shop, called Take No Wrap, was very rustic, spacious and had an inviting feel when Somerset Live visited.

During our interview many customers were mooching around and asking about how it worked and how it was going.

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Liz, 48, one of the women who runs the store, says she has been really encouraged by their start, but is asking more people to embrace the idea of changing the way they shop to move away from using plastics.

She said: "We want to help others shop plastic-free and it's our aim to make that transition easier.

"The first six weeks have been really good.

"We've had lots of positive support and returning customers.

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"The customers are coming because they want to do their bit for the environment.

"When the customers come, they tend to return.

"Once they've discovered us, a lot of them reccy the place and use up what they can as they know they can refill their jars.

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"We want more people to give it a go.

"Yeovil doesn't have anything else like this, it's the only one of its kind.

"We get a lot of people from the outskirts, such as Sherborne and Wincanton."

Liz was eager to reassure customers that it is not a health food shop.

It boasts prices which are competitive with supermarkets, while also supporting the environment and local businesses.

She added: "Lots of our products are locally sourced, we're independent and we're not a chain.

"The prices are competitive with supermarkets.

"People assume we're a health food shop, we're not.

"We're trying to sell all the things you could buy in a supermarket.

"It's about changing the way you think about shopping.

"Can you remember how long it took for people to remember their own bags to supermarket? We hope it will be like change like that.

"A mum came in and said 'how nice would it be if that in 20 years all supermarkets would be like this?'

"The feedback is just fantastic. It's like a little community."

While the shop offers things you can purchase from the supermarket, it also sells products and services which are much harder to attain in Yeovil.

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"We've got some bath bombs which are new to us, they've been hand made in Taunton.

"I've seen people wanting a Lush in Yeovil, but you can pick them up here.

"We've also got workshops to try and encourage more people to recycle.

"We're trying to do anything that upcycles or repurposes something old an bringing it new life.

"For example, yesterday we upcycled furniture using chalk paints.

"Here's another one we did recently: a gin bottle workshop with a lamp - getting involved with the community."

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You can find out more about the shop and its workshops through its Facebook page or by visiting it at 4 Ivel Square, The Quedam Shopping Centre.

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