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Toothpaste tablets and syrup on tap: US refill shops cut the container

Toothpaste tablets and syrup on tap: US refill shops cut the container – By AFP (Raw Story) / Mar 24 2023

Anna Marino, owner and founder of Mason & Greens, a zero-waste, sustainable lifestyle dry goods and grocery store that newly opened in Washington

Washington (AFP) – Toothpaste tabs plunk into a jar. Maple syrup flows viscously from a spout. Dishwasher powder crunches under the tip of a metal scoop. The chorus of consumer goods lacks one familiar sound: the crinkle of plastic wrap.

At Mason & Greens in Washington, the lack of packaging is the point — the small shop selling household goods and groceries is among dozens of zero-waste refill stores sprouting up in US cities from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.

Customers bring their own containers — from used jars to Tupperware, to fill with bulk items. The store even has “had people bring in the sleeves that their newspapers come in,” owner Anna Marino, 34, told AFP.

Such stores are emblematic of what experts say is a necessary culture shift in one of the world’s largest consumer economies, where the average person generates 4.9 pounds of waste per day, according to government statistics.

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