Using your own containers at the grocery store

Bea Johnson, Author of Zero Waste Home, shares advice on how to be waste free at the grocery and use reusable bags and containers
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Using your own containers at the grocery store

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My main tip to shop waste-free is to be organized. I personally have found a system that works for me. That includes having three shopping totes. You don't need to have twenty of them, you just need to have a few that you know will fill your families needs. In my case, it's three large totes. I bring glass jars to the store, and I bring cloth bags. Throughout the week, my jars get empty, I put them in a large tote in the kitchen. When I'm ready to go to the grocery store, I grab my tote with all the glass jars and my grocery list and errands list.

Bea Johnson, Author of Zero Waste Home, shares advice on how to be waste free at the grocery and use reusable bags and containers

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Bea Johnson

Blogger & Author of Zero Waste Home

Bea Johnson and her family strive to live a zero-waste lifestyle. Through her blog, ZeroWasteHome.com, Bea shares waste-reducing tips and inspires a growing community to live simply and take a stance against needless waste.  She shatters preconceptions about environmental living with passion, proving that zero waste can not only be "stylish", but also lead to significant time and money savings. Grand-prize winner of "The Green Awards" in 2011, she has appeared on TV and in multiple international publications, and has become the spokesperson for the zero waste lifestyle. Bea currently lives in California and has completed her first book. 

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My main tip to shop waste-free is to be organized. I personally have found a system that works for me. That includes having three shopping totes. You don't need to have twenty of them, you just need to have a few that you know will fill your families needs. In my case, it's three large totes. I bring glass jars to the store, and I bring cloth bags. Throughout the week, my jars get empty, I put them in a large tote in the kitchen. When I'm ready to go to the grocery store, I grab my tote with all the glass jars and my grocery list and errands list.