Unpackaged

Our vision is a world with less wasteful packaging and we’re achieving it one customer at a time!

Our Aims

• C0²e reduction from less packaging
• The reduction of material waste from landfill & incineration
• Positive behaviour change – we help our customers consume more sustainably
• Less food waste – buy only what you need

Our Policies

• We always source organic products, where available
• We source products as seasonally as possible
• We always source fair trade products, where available
• All our meat & fish is either organic, wild or sustainably sourced
• We support artisan local producers to help keep money in our local economy, giving preference to social enterprises & cooperatives
• We work with our suppliers to develop reusable packaging “up” the supply chain as well as “down” to our customers
• We apply the principles of the waste hierarchy to all our operations: reduce, reuse and recycle
• We only sell non-air freighted products
• We plan efficiently to minimise our own transportation
• We are actively involved in the local community – from local street parties to supporting environmental campaigns & hosting local school trips to teach kids about waste & the environment
• We promote healthy eating; raw, whole, unprocessed ingredients that our customers can cook for themselves
• We sell a small amount of natural wines in glass bottles – wines from fantastic sustainable producers that simply couldn’t be sold bulk. We will be reusing these bottles for retail sales & working with our suppliers on a cork recycling project!

Unpackaged is a founder member of the BIG Foundation UK promoting ‘bulk’ to producers, retailers & consumers. We are inspired by and support Slow Food, NEF, Cradle to Cradle Design, The Transition Movement, Biomimicry, One Planet Living, Sustain’s 7 Principles of Sustainable Food & Diter Rams 10 Principles of Good Design.