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Waitrose
Waitrose are cutting the use of plastic lined disposable cups in their cafes! “We’re removing all disposable takeaway cups from our shops by the autumn.You can still enjoy a free cup of tea or coffee when you shop with us; remember to bring your own reusable cup and your myWaitrose card with you.#KeepYourCup This will…
Spain- loose and unpackaged
There is a lot of loose food available in Spain. Search out small and independent shops and use the fantastic markets. They sell frozen food including fish fingers. Most town will have a store that does this. Some supermarkets also do it. There are wine bottle refill shops where you can use your own bottle….
2017 01 Roundup
Welcome to our monthly round-up of news and products. You can subscribe to get our monthly updates delivered to your virtual door. There’s a subscription form at the bottom of the page. You can see our all our round ups here HERE. 2017 Sign Up There are now so many plastic free petitions I am now…
Sainsburys
About Sainsburys While Sainsburys was a British company “As of February 2018, the largest overall shareholder is the sovereign wealth fund of Qatar, the Qatar Investment Authority, which holds 21.99% of the company.[6] It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. In April 2018, Sainsbury’s entered talks with Walmart about a proposed merger with Asda, which could form the…
China biscuits
Glad to see even the smallest of Chinese towns has a bakery that sells loose biscuits. Shame about the bags. Seems we are the only people in China not using plastic bags. What happened to the bag ban then? And yet despite their love affair with plastic, it is possible to live waste free in…
Refill/Bulk/Zerowaste Stores
Bulk buy or refill stores are places you can buy all kinds of food like rice, suet, even soup mix – loose and unpackaged.You take as much as you want/need from a larger container, weigh and pay.You can usually use your own packaging.The advantages for the #plasticfree shopper hardly need stating!These are common in America and Australia,…
Chain Base
About Latest Plastic News They also have the a range of plastic free products. Find them in our facebook gallery here Other Products From Louises database Louises Data Base? Louise Bayfields “POSTIVE PRODUCTS LIST (UK) a list of High Street and Supermar-ket products that have no packaging or in some way help reduce packaging.” The List The…
Easter
Easter Sunday falls on April 9, 2023 so time to start planning. Absolutely disappointed that one of my favourites the M&S Cheese Eggs, with Barber’s Farmhouse Cheddar as whites and a vintage 18-month matured Red Leicester yolk hand-dipped in a duck egg blue wax ‘shell’, does not appear to be the stores. please correct me if I…
Buy On Line Plastic Free
One of the real joys of buying #plasticfree is sourcing the stuff in local shops. The excitement when you see milk in glass bottle in the newsagents is beyond words. But sometime you have to buy on line. And then you come up against the prickly problem of packaging There is nothing that enrages plastic…
2018
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Boots
About ? Latest Plastic News ? They have a range of plastic free products. Other Products From Louises database BecoThings Potty and Step stool, reusable – Biodegradable and cardboard packaging Boltanics Toiletry Range – Organic, midrange – Some items in glass with plastic tops Bath Salts – Cardboard Burt’s Bees – Some products in Glass with…