When it comes to grocery shopping, there is a plethora of waste involved in every trip we take to the store. In 2018 The Guardian revealed that big UK supermarkets generate more than 800,000 tons of plastic packaging waste every year. This is a rather unsettling statistic, but the good news is that much of this waste can be minimized or eliminated completely. The issue lies not in some insidious desire in humanity to watch the world burn but rather, in a lack of knowledge and education around the concept of zero waste shopping.
Now that we know how badly the environment is affected by poor consumer habits, let’s look at some tips for minimal waste grocery shopping.