Walk down the aisles of a typical grocery store, and basically everything is in a package–in some stores, even the produce is shrink-wrapped. Since an average supermarket has around 42,000 different products, getting rid of that packaging isn’t exactly easy; a grocer that wants to eliminate waste has to rethink their entire supply chain. That hasn’t stopped a few pioneers from trying. The latest is a Berlin store called Original Unpacked (Original Unverpackt), now raising funds on the crowdfunding site Startnext.
“Our goal is that shopping will never be the same,” the founders write in German on the site. “No disposable cups, no shrink-wrapped vegetables, no plastic bags in cardboard boxes, and no Tetrapaks.” Instead, the store will essentially be a giant bulk bin, and customers will bring their own packaging or rent it from the grocery.
That means certain products won’t be available. Instead of toothpaste in a tube, you’ll have to buy tooth-cleaning tablets or powder. If you want potato chips, you’ll have to buy some potatoes and fry them up at home.
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