Check out this zero waste grocery store based in Brooklyn
Katerina is the founder of Precycle, a package-free grocery store in Brooklyn, NY.
Video Transcript
- Part of sustainability is just avoiding to buy new things. It's more about finding creative ways to reuse what you already have. And I think that's very much what minimalism is. Hi, my name is Katerina, and I'm the founder of zero waste grocery store called Recycle.
Zero waste grocery store is basically designed in a way that customers can buy food without plastic packaging. The idea was to create something that's sort of a combination of farmer's market and a bulk store. The most popular items are definitely our local produce.
We also offer staples like olive oil. And we also have things like wildflower, honey, and maple syrup, all local. Oftentimes, people come in because they look for these kind of options for their shopping. But if they don't, they're usually surprised. My God, I didn't know this exist. We get that a lot.
This is a wonderful product. So instead of buying paper towels, you can just get this. And you can also sanitize it and wash it in dishwasher.
I would like this kind of shopping to become a norm or another option for anybody who wants to shop this way. I don't know if it's going to be necessarily freecycle, but I hope that there will be many other stores like this.
