Category: 0 Waste Shops

Fill And Re-Fill Your Glass Jar With Goodies From Jarajar!

Fill And Re-Fill Your Glass Jar With Goodies From Jarajar!

WHAT IS JARAJAR? Jarajar is a cool new innovative business in Cape Town where you can shop online to order a whole bunch of food products such as nuts, grains, pasta or rice, spices; you know, all the stuff you use in your kitchen! The beauty of it, is that all your products get delivered (actually ‘Green delivered‘) to you in glass jars that you rent from Jarajar. This way there...
Refill Your Containers At The Refillery!

Refill Your Containers At The Refillery!

If you are around Johannesburg, you must check out the Refillery. What is The Refillery? "The Refillery is an exciting, new planet-friendly grocer offering a stylish, convenient, PLASTIC-FREE, ‘weigh-and-pay’ shopping experience that helps you to stock and re-stock your pantry with the highest quality, ethically-sourced products without all that wasteful packaging normally associated with a...
Package Free Shopping In Constantia Pick N Pay! Is It True?

Package Free Shopping In Constantia Pick N Pay! Is It True?

I recently visited the Constantia Pick n Pay in Cape Town after I had heard that they have set up a small package free station in the shop. As I got there, (the shop being sooo big) I looked around and initially could not see it. Immediately my heart sank and I thought "ahh who lied to me!" :p But then after a bit of walking around I found the package free section and I got pretty excited. The...
Shop 0! waste shop

My First Stop, Shop Zero!

I decided to check out Shop Zero, situated in WoodStock on Albert Road in Cape Town. They sell natural creams, toothpaste and much more, but the great thing about this shop is that it's 'plastic free'! They don't sell any plastic bags or containers. You simply bring your own reusable containers and fill them up with whatever you need. Everything is charged by weight so you can take just what...