One of the best ways you can go zero waste is by eliminating unnecessary packaging! At the grocery store it is so easy to purchase items that come double wrapped in plastic just to make poritoning easier. Oftentimes you will also notice that the amount of packaging to the amount of food inside is quite astonishing. We have made it normal in our society to accumulate heaps of waste and garbage for small portions of snacks.

So how do you end this plastic-waste-food-cycle? The answer is really quite easy – prepare! In order to eliminate your waste, you’re going to have to put in a few extra minutes before you run out to the store. You’re going to have to put in a few extra minutes to wash out your old jars once they’ve been used. And you’re going to have to put in a few extra minutes when you are making your grocery list so that all items can have as little waste as possible!

Bulk Barn is a fantastic solution because they are well known and fairly common. They have a wide variety of snacks, staples, and so much more! They allow you to come for what you need, and not waste what you don’t. Now you may be thinking, what about the plastic bags you put your bulk items into? That’s where the solution comes in!

BYOC. Bring your own container! When coming into Bulk Barn all you have to do is weigh the jars that you are bringing in and write their weight down. Then fill away and the cashier will take of the base weight at the till! This means you are bringing in jars that would have potentially been garbage themselves and saving a plastic bag! It’s really a win-win. The BONUS is, likely the jars would be what you would have stored your goods in anyways so they are ready for the pantry as soon as you get home! 🙂