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There are a growing number of stores that let you bring your own container to fill with whatever goods they are selling. They often accept clean containers to be reused for this purpose. It's a great alternative to recycling glass. This is a list of zero-waste stores:

Europe

Glendale Shop and Post Office: 2, Lephin, Glendale, Isle of Skye, United Kingdom - Glendale Shop

The Selkie Collective, Shore road, Broadford, Isle of Skye, United Kingdom - Selkie Collective

USA

Kindred Vancouver: 2213 Main Street, Vancouver, Washington. - Kindred website

The Realm Refillery: 2310 NE Broadway Portland, Oregon. - Realm website

Mama and Hapa's Milwaukie: 11122 SE Main Street, Milwaukie, Oregon - Mama and Hapa's

Mama and Hapa's Stark Street: 1389 SE Stark Street, Portland, Oregon - Mama and Hapa's

Mama and Hapa's Mississippi Avenue: 3806 N. Mississippi Avenue, Portland, Oregon - Mama and Hapa's

Mama and Hapa's Beaverton: 12695 SW Crescent Street Suite 130, Beaverton, Oregon - Mama and Hapa's

The Good Food Store: 1600 S. 3rd St. West Missoula, MT. - Good Food Website

Ren Market: 1918 West Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota - Ren Market

In Grand Junction, Colorado, a store that sells various household commodities. You fill your own container. They have empty donated containers available. Vinegar, personal care substances, cleaning compounds. Priced by weight.

There are many other zero-waste stores in the world. Feel free to edit this post to add any that you know of!

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Mama and Hapa's in Milwaukie OR USA, at the south end of Main St.

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Riona - you should be able to edit the wiki post to add your store to the list! Have a go!

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Love this list! Such a great way to cut down on waste.

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It’s great to put waste glass to use. I think we need to aim for less waste glass. In the 50’s the no deposit no return glass beverage bottles had not been invented, or introduced. The bottles were more substantial. You paid a deposit on every bottle- I think many states require a fee for the bottles and cans when you but a beverage- but prior to the disposable bottles, you got your deposit back when you returned the bottle. The same truck that delivered the full product bottles took the empties which were cleaned and refilled. It was a workable system, just less convenient for the producers.

But it was wonderful for kids because we could collect bottles from the roadside to get a little pocket money. (to go buy a nickel candy bar😁) The bottles were substantial enough that they seldom broke, even when thrown from a car at highway speeds.

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