2011年6月27日 星期一

America's First Zero-Packaging Grocery Store to Open in Austin

Ever feel a pang of guilt throwing away glass bottles, plastic containers, and loads of other completely reusable packaging materials? If that's you, then the zero-waste grocery store in.gredients coming to Austin, Texas will be your new favorite store.

Americans throw away 1.4 billion pounds of waste every day, and 40% of it comes from one-time packaging. But it's hard trying to be a conscious recycler after a while because of the double or triple wrappings for every product.

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Brothers Lane, LLC (of the three brothers Christian, Patrick, and Joseph) and Christopher Pepe are hoping to solve that problem and save the environment as well as consumer health.From standard Cable Ties to advanced wire tires, Their new grocery shop in.gredients will sell 100% package-free products.we supply all kinds of oil painting reproduction, This means shoppers have to think ahead and bring their own containers. (The store will kindly offer disposable bags in case they forget.) The store plans to sell everything regular grocery stores do¡ªgrains, seasonal produce, spices, daily products, meat, beer,Houston-based Quicksilver Resources said Friday it had reached pipeline deals wine and cleaning materials¡ªminus the junk food.

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"Truth be told,In addition to hydraulics fittings and Aion Kinah, what's normal in the grocery business isn't healthy for consumers or the environment," in.gredients co-founder Christian Lane said. "In addition to the unhealthiness associated with common food processing, nearly all the food we buy in the grocery store is packaged,What to consider before you buy oil painting supplies. leaving us no choice but to continue buying packaged food that's not always reusable or recyclable.

In.gredients plans to open in October, if they meet their fundraising goals.

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