Today’s Solutions: December 17, 2025

Astounded by the sheer amount of waste produced from packaging, a family-run grocery store in the UK has abandoned all forms of packaging to encourage customers to bring any and all of their own reusable containers for packing food. Rather than recycling, customers repurpose old ice-cream tubs or oil bottles and fill them with their desired product. Once filled, the customers weigh what they intend to purchase and go home without any additional packaging. The world needs to ditch plastic, and stores like these that encourage plastic-free lifestyles are displaying how we can survive without it.

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