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http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sustainable-business\/2014\/sep\/16\/berlin-duo-supermarket-no-packaging-food-waste<\/a>\n\nBerlin duo launch a supermarket with no packaging\n\nShrink-wrapped shallots and polystyrene-packed peppers are a thing of\nthe past at Original Unverpackt, a German concept store selling\ngroceries without the packaging\n\nLeah Borromeo\nGuardian Professional, Tuesday 16 September 2014 15.07 BST\n\nIt works like this. You bring your own containers and have those\nweighed. Berlin-based supermarket Original Unverpackt labels your\ncontainers. You shop. When you get to the till, the weight of your\ncontainers is subtracted and you pay for the net weight of your\ngroceries. The label is designed to survive a few washings so you can\ncome back and skip the weighing process for a while.\n\nFounders Sara Wolf and Milena Glimbovski say there?s a rising demand for\nproducts and services that deal with sustainability and that people\ndemand alternatives to the ?lavish? handling of our resources.\n\n?Here, the customer only takes what they need,? says Wolf and Glimbovski\nahead of the launch of their Berlin-Kreuzberg shop. ?We?d like to offer\nan alternative way of shopping - one where we offer everything you need\nbut you won?t find hundreds of different types of body lotion or olive oil.?\n\nOriginal Unverpackt isn?t a new idea. Austin, Texas, has In.Gredients\nand Catherine Conway founded London-based Unpackaged - first in\nIslington in 2007 before it moved to Hackney in 2012. It closed the\nfollowing year after the original business model changed to include a\nrestaurant and a bar. All three are independent shops exploring the\npsychology of food and consumption.\n\nhttp:\/\/original-unverpackt.de\/<\/a>\n\nhttp:\/\/original-unverpackt.de\/presse\/<\/a><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sustainable-business\/2014\/sep\/16\/berlin-duo-supermarket-no-packaging-food-waste Berlin duo launch a supermarket with no packaging Shrink-wrapped shallots and polystyrene-packed peppers are a thing of the past at Original Unverpackt, a German concept store selling groceries without the packaging Leah Borromeo Guardian Professional, Tuesday 16 September 2014 15.07 BST It works like this. You bring your own containers and have those weighed. Berlin-based supermarket Original Unverpackt labels your containers. You shop. When you get to the till, the weight of your containers is subtracted and you pay for the net weight of your groceries. The label is designed to survive a few washings so you can come back and skip the weighing process for a while. Founders Sara Wolf and Milena Glimbovski say there?s a rising demand for products and services that deal with sustainability and that people demand alternatives to the ?lavish? handling of our resources. ?Here, the customer only takes what they need,? says Wolf and Glimbovski ahead of the launch of their Berlin-Kreuzberg shop. ?We?d like to offer an alternative way of shopping – one where we offer everything you need but you won?t find hundreds of different types of body lotion or olive oil.? Original Unverpackt isn?t a new idea. Austin, Texas, has In.Gredients and Catherine Conway founded London-based Unpackaged – first in Islington in 2007 before it moved to Hackney in 2012. It closed the following year after the original business model changed to include a restaurant and a bar. All three are independent shops exploring the psychology of food and consumption. http:\/\/original-unverpackt.de\/ http:\/\/original-unverpackt.de\/presse\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3504,3488],"tags":[3593,1545],"yoast_head":"\nBerlin duo launch a supermarket with no packaging - One Earth - One Ocean e. V.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/oneearth-oneocean.com\/en\/nonresearch-en\/2014\/berlin-duo-launch-a-supermarket-with-no-packaging\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Berlin duo launch a supermarket with no packaging - One Earth - One Ocean e. 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