Cutting plastic and living compostably
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Rushing through the Cheltenham suburbs, had to buy wine so lurched into the huge carpark of an out of town shopping experience. By which I mean a cluster of huge supermarkets snarling at each other across an enormous expanse of tarmac dotted with a huddle of tiny trees at least one of which was sporting a plastic bag. Village Boy leapt out of the van and bounded off shouting, white hare like, about time. I was following rather more sedately when Whole Foods Market caught my eye. I had never seen one before and I admit I snorted at the messages plastered on the windows…. but I went to have a look anyway.
I have numerous issues with supermarkets which I won’t go into here. Suffice to say I use them when I have to but they deeply irritate, even anger me. The packaging, the waste, the plastic are just a few of the niggles.
And yet, I was about to have a supermarket epiphany. Yes Whole Foods Market are my idea of supermarket heaven. If there have to be supermarkets, then let them be like this.
They have
All of the above you can buy by weight in your own containers. This is common in the U.S. and Australia. They have bulk stores or bulk foods aisle in a grocery store. In this case it doesn’t necessarily mean buying huge amounts but buying loose and unpackaged.
BYO Bags
While the carrier bags at the check-out are paper, the rest of the packaging, the produce bags and bottles they provide, are all plastic so you would have to take your own compostable pots and reusable bags. Easily done – find out how here.
Tare
The weight of the bag will make a difference at checkout in the price per weight. The tare weight is the weight of the empty container. Whole Food Markets have weighing machines that allow you to do this yourself. It is very easy.
Lush
Whole Foods Market as it name suggests also has a organic eco criteria. This isn’t some giant Weigh & Save shop but a plush, lush shopping experience
Since then I have taken the opportunity to visits as many Whole Food Markets as I can.
Find A Store
They have stores in London, Cheltenham and Glasgow
I have taken photo journals which I have posted up on Facebook. Follow the links for
Please check that stock is available before you visit – the photos are quite old now and NOT ALL STORES ARE THE SAME. For instance Glasgow does Ecover refills Cheltenham doesn’t.
This American company have recently opened some flagship stores in the UK It is funky, good looking and challenging. It boasts impressive eco credentials. I wanted to know more so I emailed ahead asking if it would be OK for me to take photos next time I visited. Not only did they say yes, but Renata Rees, Marketing Team Leader, offered to meet me. An offer I eagerly accepted. You can read about it here
Find more loose food shops here
Lidles is a chain of budget supermarkets. It offers some plastic free surprises. (Click the links to see a review and other options). Take your own bags
Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (German pronunciation: [ˈliːdl̩]; UK: /ˈlɪdəl/ LID-əl), formerly Schwarz Unternehmenstreuhand KG, is a German global discount supermarket chain, based in Neckarsulm, Germany,[1] that operates over 10,000 stores across Europe and the United States.[2] It belongs to Dieter Schwarz, who also owns the store chains Handelshof and hypermarket Kaufland.
pistachios (take your own bag and scoop out as much as you want)
White rice in a cardboard box
Bakery section selling loose rolls and continental pastries. These are good value and pretty good – particularly enjoyed the pain au raisin. Again take your own bags.
Tissues, box of, without a plastic collar.
I haven’t tried these but they look promising;
bread mix flour with yeast already added just add oil and water, what sounds like plastic free corn flour and breadcrumbs in a box (no plastic crackle when squeezed).
Sadly most of the veg is plastic wrapped and all the meat and cheese.
I have not seen these myself but know a woman who has.
Here are some packaging less products from Louises Bayfield and her “POSTIVE PRODUCTS LIST (UK) a list of High Street and Supermar-ket products that have no packaging or in some way help reduce packaging.”
Butter – Paper
Bread, loaves and rolls – Bulk from Bakery – Very good selection
Breadcrumbs – Cardboard – Can anyone confirm there is no bag inside?
Bread Mixes, various larger bags – Paper
Cake Mixes, various – Paper – Seasonal item not always in stock
Cornflour – Cardboard – Can anyone confirm that there is no bag inside?
Doughnuts – Bulk from Bakery
Feta – Glass Jar
Fish Fingers and battered fish, MSC – Cardboard
Fruit and Vegetables – Reasonable selection of loose produce
Nuts, salted cashews, pistachios – Bulk bins – Take very light weight bags as no tare
Oats – Paper – Excellent value
Pastries, Croissants, Pain Au Choc and various Danishes – Bulk from Bakery
Pizza Slices – Bulk from Bakery
Rice, white – Cardboard
Salt – Cardboard
Washing powder, non-bio – Cardboard – No plastic scoop
Great fabric shops are a joy to visit. they are usually a great source of expertise as almost everyone working there will be a home sewer. It also gives you chance to feel the fabric, check out the drape and see if that shade of green really does suit you.
Here are some of my favourites…
John Lewis, Limited but nice fabrics, trimmings and fixings sewing machines
Leon’s, Chorlton Best of the bunch for range. This store has been around for ages. They sell everything from gingham to fluero lycra. It is independent, a great resource and of course a local employer. It is much valued by the community.
OPENING HOURS: Mon-Sat 9:30am – 5:30pmLate night Thursdays 8:00pm
Website www.leonsfabrics.co.uk
Abakan Manchester city center huge mix of fabrics sold by the weight or meter. Good range of trimmings and craft supplies.
Leeds Kirkgate Market, Covered Market City Center
I used to go to Jacks a small stall selling all types of fabric including end of line remnants of Yorkshire made wooden fabric. Not any more. They have closed.
There are other fabric stalls on the market including B&M who do a great range which you can preview via their Facebook page. handy.
BUT they no longer sell wool.
So I was extremely glad to see Fletchers Fabrics were selling lovely fine wool at the bargain price of £5 a meter.
They also sell other fabrics.
Button Box in Huddersfield Market.
Lines changes, products get removed. For more information why not ask the Plastic Is Rubbish FB group for updates. They are a great source of tidbits, personal experience and the latest news. Why not join them and share the plastic free love x
If you have found the #plasticfree information useful, please consider supporting us. It all goes to financing the project (read more here) or
lush are one of the more forward thinking British companies. They are ethical in all kinds of ways and sell a lot of their beauty products unwrapped. Good if you are trying to live plastic free and not hurt the bunnies. Read more About ethical Lush here
They do plastic free
unwrapped soap
solid shampoo read my review here
solid conditioner read my review here
unpacked henna
Unpacked bath bombs
Most other products are in recyclable pots – return to store for free product
And these new products
The following is from the UK business insider review.
Lush just released “naked” — or packaging-free — versions of shower gels, body lotions, and body conditioners.
The naked body lotion and body conditioner are surprisingly great, and work slightly better than their packaged counterparts.
The naked shower gel is unique, but isn’t quite as moisturizing as the original formula.
I don’t use them much as the shops smell way to strong. I can’t go in without sneezing. But there are plenty who do who. Here is a great series of reviews by Minimalist Exposure
And they support stuff like this:
One of four Pop Ups being staged to support the Lush 2017 Creative Showcase event in London next month, Naked House is part gallery exhibition and part immersive experience curated by the brand team at Lush to show just how easy it is to make the switch to Naked (as in living with less packaging).
Read more here.
Find other plastic free personal care products here…
Its quicker then trying to choose between a hundred different shampoos and it’s really simple, fun to do, so much cheaper and I get to control what goes on my body, where it comes from and what environmental impact it has.
Lots more info here on making your own personal care products
Being committed to local shopping I prefer to buy that way whenever possible. I would encourage you to do the same. One of the joys of living plastic free is mooching round the local shops seeing what you can source.
If you can’t buy local, please do check the links in the posts. They link direct to the suppliers. Do consider buying from them and support their online businesses.
If you can’t do that then I have put together and Amazon catalogue. Yes I know…
If you buy a product via this link we do get an affiliation fee for this. That’s not why we do it.
Amazon
Why I Often Reccomend Amazon. Even though I don’t want to!
My own plastic-less products have been bought from all over the world. Got a great tin cup in Moscow. Would totally recommend getting one. Purchase details are not much use if you live in Scunthorpe. So I try to include examples of what you could get in Scunthorpe. As I have never been to Scunthorpe this leaves me recommending an online product that will be delivered by post.
While the products look very similar to the ones we use, we may not have actually bought or used these particular items. And we may not have used this particular supplier. Nor can we guarantee they will come free of plastic packaging. It is merely to show what is available.
So while I might feature other suppliers that look interesting, I also try to recommend a company I know. Which tends to be Amazon. For the following reasons: I have always found Amazons service to be good and their packaging usually compostable.
So I have put together an Amazon catalogue featuring lots of plastic free products.
But Amazon?!?
Amazon is something of a dirty word but most of the products featured are not sold by Amazon but by businesses operating through Amazon. To boycott them is rather like boycotting a local shop because their landlord doesn’t pay tax. I offset cutting plastic trash and supporting small businesses operating under the Amazon umbrella, against the parent company’s ,(Amazon’s), tax evading and low-pay antics. So I will still buy from Amazon while objecting to the business structure that allows this kind of exploitation. Which is, sadly, true of a lot of businesses I use. That said I don’t know how sustainable the smaller online businesses are either which is why I believe so fervently in shopping locally. Get to know your traders!
Affiliation Fees
I get an affiliation fee for promoting products through. It is so small as to be laughable. I think I have made 40p so far. It certainly does not mean I will be promoting some products at the expense of others or for financial gain. The products promoted are the ones I use or like the look of. Also being an affiliate allows me to feature product pictures and details copyright free supplied by the company. Which leads me to
Inspiration
Another reason for promoting products I might not have used is inspiration. It is good to see that it is out there. Use it like a catalogue. I use Pinterest in the same way – you can see my boards here.
Other places to buy
We prefer to go to the seller direct wether on the ground or on line. If you check our own reviews of the products we you will usually find other purchase details. Some of them are in Moscow.
Please note there is a list of UK plastic-less bloggers on the Where To Buy page. Maybe there is someone in Scunthorpe writing about plastic-less products you can buy there. If not, and you live in Scunthorpe, perhaps you could start blogging about it the plastic-less facilities. Bursts into a chorus of “come and join us” Blogging for a plastic free world
And please, if you don’t blog, post your own recommendations in the comments boxes for plastic-less products and places you have sourced.
If you want more inspiration in a catalogue form you might like our Pinterest page.
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Did you know you can buy loose screw and other fixings at Wilcos – as many or as few as you need and you can mix and match. You will need to take your own plastic free bag.
Loose screws
You can find a photo gallery of the #plasticfree products we have sourced, here
Plus these which we didn’t take photos of
Bicarbonate of Soda, large crystals – Cardboard
Borax Substitute – Cardboard
Citric acid
Find A Store – store locator here
More
Wilko Retail Ltd. is a British high-street chain which sells homewares and household goods. Founded in 1930 as Wilkinson Cash Stores by James Kemsey Wilkinson in Leicester, the company has remained largely in the hands of the founding family. Wikipedia
Supermarkets & Chainstores
Sometimes supermarkets can surprise you – check out the plastic-free and reduced packaging products here.
Supermarkets
The Co-op in the UK is owned by it’s members. That’s you. So do use that whenever possible. Sadly they are bad for packaging. Write and tell them.
Waitrose is owned by staff in the John Lewis Partnership and has some kind of deal with the workers whereby they share some of the profits. They do some excellent plastic free buns and bread and is one of the few places you can still get butter in paper.
Buy British – you might want to choose a mostly British owned company to shop with.
Tesco
Sainsburys
Morrison plc are listed on the London stock exchange. Whilst the majority of investors are British or British companies or pension funds, these investments can be held by anyone around
Plastic free food is food that is unwrapped but for me it also includes
Now many people think you cannot be plastic free and shop from supermarkets. I agree it is not easy
And let me say right now I don’t like supermarkets. They are killing off the local shops and take money out of the community. But for many people they are the only option. Because they have killed off local shops. Vicious circle. But this is about plastic-free food NOT supermarket politics so I am going to prove that you can eat plasticless and shop at supermarkets.
If prepared to eat seasonally, traditionally (think meat and two veg with spuds), and cook from scratch, supermarkets if they are big enough to have meat and fish counters can supply you with a fair variety of food. If you are depending on Tesco Express you are going to go hungry.
Bring Your Own Bags
You will also need to take your own packaging. Check out the plastic-free shopping kit here.
I got an a big sack of unpackaged fruit & veg from Tesco,
It included leeks, potatoes, onions, carrots, broccoli, courgettes, peppers. apples, a melon, mushrooms and bananas.
Apart from the peppers (Holland), and Melon (Spain), and bananas (forgot to look), it was all grown in the U.K.
I got loose ginger and garlic from Tesco. The chiles I bought a while ago from the Asian shop but I have seen them loose in Morrisons.
Eggs & oats in a cardboard box.
Back to Tesco’s for lard in paper. Sainsbury’s and the Co-op do butter in paper.
Meat and fish can be bought unpackaged from the counters but I ask that they use our own compostable biobags.
The brown rice I bought loose from Wholefood market sometime ago. White rice can be bought in a box from Lidles.
We also get some cheddar cheese from Tesco. It was cut off the (plastic – wrapped) block but wrapped in our own packaging. The plastic is not in our bin. You can read up on how we feel about this, here.
You can get bread rolls loose from Tesco but I don’t like them much, the co-ops are much better. Lidles and Waitrose do loose loaves of bread. Almost everywhere does croissants. I also used my bread machine and plastic wrapped dried yeast.
More information on all of the above can be found here…
Non Supermarket Beverages
Drinks were
Tea you can buy loose PG Tips from supermarkets but I had loads in anyway.
Coffee which you can’t get plastic free at the supermarket. I get mine from Coffeevolution
Milk was from the milkman. Read on…
Fizzy drinks were carbonated water made with the sodastream mixed with homemade ginger and lemon syrup.Read on…
Breakfast
Porridge with bananas
Toast and butter
Croissants and fruit
Omelette and other forms of egg
Lunch
Dinners
Day One Stir Fry left over steak from Sunday, lots of veg in a spicy tomato sauce served with rice.
Day Two Roast chicken and veg with home made gravy from chicken juices and flour. Wine (plastic lined screw top), was added.
Day Three a rich and meaty stew made with stewing steak served with boiled potatoes. Meat and veg were from Tesco’s.
Day Four Bangers and mash made with Tesco’s chippolata sausages – the only ones they had loose.
Day Five Mushrooms and peppers were added to the left over day three stew to make a rich goulash that was served with rice.
Day Six Bacon ribs from Stockport Market – yes I know its not a supermarket but I felt so sorry for them. Stockport Market used to be huge spreading across the square and down the side streets. Now there are hardly any stalls outside. The indoor market was open for business but there were not many shoppers. I bought some meat, veg and loose sweets. Such a shame.
Day Seven pork from Tesco’s used in a stir fry made with coconut powder that is not plastic free. It comes in a plastic sachet. BUT I made my own noodles. First time ever. So easy!
You can see photos over on Facebook
More info
A discussion of supermarkets here http://plasticisrubbish.com/2016/03/27/lyn-bulls-supermarket-research/
Which Shop
Use your local shops Reasons why here.
Buy British and cut those air miles. Some ideas HERE
Food Here is a list of food types category with purchase details
Loose Food
Find out if a shop near you sells bulk food loose. This is stuff that that normally comes plastic packaged. A list of towns with shops selling loose food.
Milk
Delivered in glass bottles but double check before you order
Trying to go plastic-free – try the plastic is rubbish support group. Follow the Facebook link.
One of the joys of living plastic free is mooching round the local shops seeing what you can source. And as the plastic movement grows there are an increasing number of zero waste shops and even the supermarkets are getting onto the act. But here’s another option
If you still can’t find them loose in the shops you might want to consider getting a veg box delivered. many schemes are plastic aware. Take a look here
Coffee roasters pack their beans in compostable #plasticfree packaging and post out in cardboard boxes helping you to enjoy your daily grind Read more here
Hodmedods – do British Grown Beans, Grains & Pulses and Quinoa in mostly #plasticfree packaging available online @homedod Visit the website HERE.
We sell Real Foods brand packed in biodegradable cellulose bags
We will pack your order using only paper-based materials We are committed to reducing all waste
We partner with Real Foods who have been selling natural, organic wholefoods (packed in cellulose) in Edinburgh for over 40 years Real Foods brand is fully accredited by the Soil Association so you can buy our organic products with confidence
Visit the website
Plasticfree pantry is a UK based online shop sells pantry staples.
The onward packaging consists of cardboard boxes and shredded paper is used to protect the goods.
Packaging tape is heavy duty paper. N.B. They reuse boxes so some might come with existing plastic tape.
Visit the website HERE.
Welcome To The Source
We are your local plastic-free bulk food & lifestyle store, here to make sustainable shopping easy. Whether you are a foodie or looking to reduce the waste in your daily shop, we are the place for you. We have over 500+ bulk foods and sustainable personal and household products – all 100% plastic free to make your zero-waste journey easier.
Shipping £5.00 but you can name the day
You can see the rest of our our food, and other doorstep deliveries HERE
Buy other stuff On Line
These shops sell plastic free products and send them out in plasticless packages. Find them HERE
lines changes, products get removed. For more information why not ask the Plastic Is Rubbish FB group for updates. They are a great source of tidbits, personal experience and the latest news. Why not join them and share the plastic free love x
If you have found the #plasticfree information useful, please consider supporting us. It all goes to financing the project (read more here) or
A quick overview of some of the plastic free / reduced stuff you can get in Morrisons Supermarket, Huddersfield.
A pretty good selection of fruit and veg and a good butchers and fish counter where they sell unwrapped cuts. Take your own cornstarch compostable bags because they only have plastic.
Most unusually for any supermarket they have a great selection of spices – fresh ginger, garlic and chillies, that they sell unpackaged. Hooray, stir fry tonight.
They do loose bread rolls and some round bread rolls they call bagels. They are not proper bagels more like round bread rolls but you can pretend. Again you will need your own bags paper – or better still reusable produce bags,
More
I have not seen these myself but know a woman who has.
Here are some packaging less products from Louises Bayfield and her “POSTIVE PRODUCTS LIST (UK) a list of High Street and Supermar-ket products that have no packaging or in some way help reduce packaging.”
Cake Mix, Wright’s – Paper
Coconut Oil – Glass and metal
Cornflour, Brown and Polson – Cardboard, I believe this may be bagless inside
Coffee, instant, extra large sizes – Various packaging
Double Edge Razor Blades 10’s – Cardboard and small plastic cover
Ecover Washing Powder – Cardboard, no scoop
Fish Fingers, Birds Eye 30 MSC – Big pack to save on packaging – Cardboard
Gram Flour – Paper
Laundry Stain Removal Soap Bar – Cardboard
Oats – Several Brands – Cardboard
Pizza bar – Larger stores – Has anyone tried to buy one of these unwrapped yet?
Rice, Various 4 – 10kg bags, biggest selection – Various packaging
Washing-up Eco Liquid,
If you want to buy loose you will need to take your own reusable packaging – produce bags, tupperware even compostable disposables. You can find them here.
For the plastic free freak metal lids to glass jars are of course plastic lined .
Tin and cans including those for cosmetics are also plastic lined
For products that are packaged in plastic choose to buy simple plastics that can easily be recycled
Do remember not all stores stock all products. It might be wise to check ahead if you are making a special visit.
Other places to buy unpackaged food are listed here
I try not to be bitter I really do but sometimes I think the yanks have it easy with their bulk buy shops. Sounds like you can buy just about anything loose – you scoop it what you want into a bag and then pay for it. Obviously this makes living plastic free so much easier. Why dont we have these in Engand WHY??????
Still no point wingeing … heres a list of loose products I have been able to source round Huddersfield way. You have to take your own plastic free bags but you do get to make your own plastic free sweet mincemeat. Result
British consumers got through nine billion pints of milk last year. 90% of that milk was bought in a plastic container. That’s a lot of plastic trash only a percentage of which gets recycled. See some recycling stats here.
Here are some ways to buy plastic free milk
get a milkman – see below
find a milk vending machine. more common n the continent but popping up here.
buy direct from the farmer
Buying milk straight from the farm is one way to make sure crisis-hit dairy producers get a fair deal.
Farmers Weekly has created a map of British farmers selling direct to the public – cutting out the supermarket or middleman.
Some produce pasteurised milk, others sell raw or unpasteurised and a few have a wider dairy range to try.
Milk Delivery
Glass milk bottles can be re-used up to 20 times. By my calculations that means that 1 bottle lasts 20 days that equals 18 bottles a year as oppose to 364 plastic bottles a year.So I got myself a milk man with real glass bottles.
Do you want one? Course you do!
Are they expensive? I pay £1.70 for 2 pints of organic semi skimmed delivered to my door.
Milk and More Dairycrest also deliver nationally. However they were looking to phase out glass bottle and replace them with plastic. You can read more here
These companies are smaller and usually local businesses. When last checked, the delivered milk in glass bottles – BUT DO DOUBLE CHECK
Darlington
Darlington Acorn Dairy, do doorstep delivery in glass bottles. They deliver to Darlington,South Durham and the Dales/North Yorkshire.
Ian on 0795 829 0246 delivers.
Lancaster
This is thanks to the students of Landcaster who gave up plastic for Lent. May be out of date but worth a try.In case anyone is looking for a Lancaster Milkman, here is a useful list compiled by Emily! Milkmen in Lancaster (April 2009)
Raymond McDougall tel: 01524 36158 – covers Fairfield and the Marsh.
Hey & Sons tel: 01524 770343 – covers Primrose, Greaves, Scotforth, Piccadilly and Lancaster University.
Martin Edwards tel: 07739 486357 – covers Hala.
Colin Johnson tel: 01524 36222 – covers Aldcliffe, Ashton Road, Torrington Road.
Leeds
Mc Queens Diaries deliver to Headingly Leeds and perhaps other places too
Manchester
Cream Online is a great doorstep delivery service that does milk in glass bottles. But also juice! And it delivers a veg box which when I asked they told was very much plastic reduced. I didn’t actually use the veg box service so you might want to double check.It also delivers all kinds of other essentials. Not plastic free stuff but not from a chain either. Rather it is a local, family run company.
Moofresh – loads of different milk in glass bottles. They deliver round Birmingham and Tamworth – you can find a full list of places here on their website
The Cotteswold Dairy serve:
Tewkesbury
Cheltenham
Shrewsbury
Colony Bay
More info here
Kirby & West https://www.kirbyandwest.co.uk/
Family run dairy business delivering milk and other products to doorsteps around Leicester, Market Harborough and Lutterworth.
Parker Dairies is a small independant dairy situated in Walthamstow, supplying milk and other goods all over east london and the city. parkerdairies.co.uk
www.suffolkcheese.co.uk £1 for 1L bottle £1 to fill it from a vending machine.
We deliver the milk late afternoon onto doorsteps in glass litre bottles. It is pasteurised but unhomogenized so has a lovely layer of cream on top. We also attend East Oxford farmers market every Saturday. Follow us on twitter @northastondairy Enquiries – northastondairy@phonecoop.coop
Epping
Loughton
Chigwell
Milk delivery across Epping Loughton and Chigwell. Our product range includes local and organic produce delivered by 7am ongardairy@gmail.com
Essex Dairys @essexdairys Twitter Says YES they deliver in glass!
Milk, eggs, cheese, yogurts and much more delivered to offices, restaurants and homes across Essex and guaranteed by 7am!! Contact us at essexdairys@gmail.com
And this website can help Find Me A Milkman does exactly what it says on the tin. Type in your postcode to find who is delivering in your area.
N.B. Not all deliveries are in glass – you will have to check
Milk and More Dairycrest deliver nationally. 
Dairycrest is a big company that deliver nationwide. However they were looking to phase out glass bottle and replace them with plastic. You can read more here
Milk Dispensers
If you can’t find a local milk man why not petition your supermarket to set up a milk dispenser where you can refill your own bottles.
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