Welcome to the era of zero plastic consumption: from small supermarkets to retailers to reduce plasticity, create a win-win situation for the market and the environment
The baby boomer generation after the war is the last
generation to see the milkman in daily life. The bottle was delivered in the morning,
recycled the next day, and recurring. No bottle will be discarded unless it
breaks.
These habits that were handed down in the 1950s and 1960s
(or even earlier), recycling, modern, we still remember? In the past, people
used to make the best use of it; now, our shopping habits have become plastic
bags that are discarded one by one. We have realized that these discarded
plastic products are silently hurting the earth? Can we reclaim the glory of
recycling items many years ago?
NADA, a grocery store in Vancouver, Canada, is dedicated to
zero plastic consumption and reduced waste. NADA requires every door-to-door
Customers to try not to make any garbage during the shopping process, and this
trend is having a huge impact. According to the Wall Street Journal, NADA
reduced 259 pounds (equivalent to 117.48 kilograms) of food waste, 21,428
plastic containers and 1,228 paper cups in a month.
At first glance, these numbers may not be as amazing. But if
38,000 supermarkets across the United States join the ranks of zero waste and
zero waste, it will definitely help the planet to reduce the amount of waste.
NADA, a small shop that is a pioneer of waste reduction, has
a business concept that has taken root in urban areas and has become a model
for many stores to follow. These pioneers, globally conscious grocery store
operators are committed to meeting the needs of their customers while
minimizing damage to the planet.
In addition, another unpackaged plastic-reduction store is
equally eye-catching – the Precycle in Brooklyn, New York. Founder Katerina
Bogatireva said that Precycle is definitely not a short-lived, but a stream of
water.
"Our way of doing business is like the phototaxis of
plants, avoiding darkness (disposing of culture at one time), and welcoming the
concept of light (sustainable business), like how we store, display and buy
groceries more efficiently."
When Bogatireva learned about the impact of the rise of
consumerism, Precycle began to take shape in 2015, and “reducing waste as much
as possible” became the core idea of Bogatireva's store.
From Brooklyn, Sicily, Malaysia to South Africa, more and
more “zero-waste grocery stores” have sprung up. There are even sites like
Litterless that helps customers find these zero-waste stores.
I am environmentally friendly and I am proud! Customer's sustainability awareness
According to a recent report by Nielsen, a global market
research firm, up to 81% of consumers from the Global Consumer Survey strongly
believe that companies have a responsibility to help improve the environment.
In response to these pressures from consumers and government agencies, many
business owners, from small to large, have begun to commit to reducing
disposable plastic products and using artificial intelligence to develop more
sustainable production processes. Create more production methods that are
responsible and can improve the environment.
According to statistics, the average annual production of
100 million plastic bags in the United States is 307. Nowadays, slowly, the
proportion of garbage collection has started to rise relative to the amount of
waste produced, indicating that efforts by all walks of life for sustainable
management have gradually worked. According to the Statistics Portal of 2018,
38.68% of young people (18 to 29 years old) in the United States said that in
order to achieve environmental sustainability, they chose to use reusable green
shopping bags. In addition, the data shows that not only the millennial
generation has exclusive environmental protection and sustainable declaration
rights, but also has strong spending power and over 50 years old.
People of different generations show their focus on
environmental sustainability in their consumption patterns. The grocery store
is at the forefront of changing consumer habits and is committed to the goal of
reducing plasticity and zero waste.
From small grocery stores to large retailers, plastic reduction operations expand globally
Not only small grocery stores are phasing out disposable
plastic bags, but large retailers are also moving towards plastics reduction.
For example, many well-known retailers in the United States
have adopted a sustainable strategy – Kroger plans to reduce the amount of
plastic bags in 2025; Big Y recently announced that it will complete its
transformation in 2020 and fully use recyclable shopping bags... Whole Foods
terminated the use of disposable plastic bags back in 2008.
According to the US "MarketWatch" report, for
heavyweight retailers, like Kroger, they implemented a plastic reduction
strategy to reduce the amount of plastic bags by 6 billion. What are the
benefits of doing this? First of all, plastic reduction clearly protects the
environment; in addition, in fact, it can better meet the consumption patterns
that many consumers are changing.
After bidding farewell to disposable plastic bags, the next
the step may be to lock in foods that are packed in plastic containers, such as
vegetable protein, nut oil, organic biscuits, etc., to find a suitable
an alternative for disposable plastic containers.
As environmental awareness rises, the voice against plastic
waste is also booming. More and more countries and cities are beginning to ban
the use of plastic bags or increase the tax on the use of plastic bags, and
more and more retailers are accepting such policies. If the pace of rapid
technological evolution in the next 10 years is complementary to the
sustainable consumption pattern and the response of the grocery store, it is
expected that in the near future, the trend of not using disposable plastic
products will become a social convention. habit.
Source (Katja News)
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