America's First Zero-Packaging Grocery Store to Open in Austin, TX

Ever feel a pang of guilt throwing away glass bottles, plastic containers, and loads of other completely reusable packaging materials? If that's you, then the zero-waste grocery store in.gredients coming to Austin, Texas will be your new favorite store.

Americans throw away 1.4 billion pounds of waste every day, and 40% of it comes from one-time packaging. But it's hard trying to be a conscious recycler after a while because of the double or triple wrappings for every product.


Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/06/27...rocery-store-to-open-in-austin/#ixzz1RQHvFrGP

 

They need more of these!!

 

That's great! When I wished stores were like that, I didn't know one was (Except of course for global farmers markets). Packaging should be illegal.

 

Thats a good thing