{"id":22749,"date":"2017-08-21T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T14:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/?p=22749"},"modified":"2017-08-21T10:00:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T14:00:09","slug":"ottawas-first-zero-waste-grocery-store-officially-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/ottawas-first-zero-waste-grocery-store-officially-opens\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa’s First Zero-Waste Grocery Store Officially Opens"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ottawa’s first\u00a0zero-waste grocery store has officially\u00a0opened its doors. Nu\u00a0Grocery in Hintonburg sells a variety\u00a0of products \u2014 dry food, fresh produce,\u00a0cleaning and beauty supplies \u2014 without any packaging. Instead, people are encouraged\u00a0to\u00a0bring their own reusable containers or to borrow or purchase them from the store. Federal Environment Minister and\u00a0Ottawa\u00a0Centre MP\u00a0Catherine McKenna said the store’s mandate of environmental\u00a0responsibility sends a message that’s both important and necessary. Ottawa’s first\u00a0zero-waste grocery store has officially\u00a0opened its doors. Nu\u00a0Grocery in Hintonburg sells a variety\u00a0of products \u2014 dry food, fresh produce,\u00a0cleaning and beauty supplies \u2014 without any packaging. Instead, people are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1775,"featured_media":22750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"#Ottawa First #ZeroWaste #Grocery Store Officially Opens","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[79,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-organic-recycling-news","category-garbage-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
“If you go shopping today, most of the things that you buy are highly packaged,” said owner Val\u00e9rie Leloup during the store’s official launch Saturday.
“You end up with almost more packaging than\u00a0product, and [it]\u00a0ends up in the garbage bin. Some of it is being recycled but most of it, unfortunately, still ends up in a landfill.\u00a0As a zero-waste shopper you eliminate completely this part of your purchase. You just focus on the\u00a0products.”\u00a0
Leloup\u00a0said she got the idea to start her\u00a0new business after reading the book\u00a0Zero Waste 国产麻豆<\/i>\u00a0by Bea Johnson, which advocates\u00a0sustainable, waste-free living.
“It is a lifestyle of voluntary simplicity where you always ask yourself the question, ‘Do I really need\u00a0something \u2014 and\u00a0if I need\u00a0it, what’s the most\u00a0sustainable way to satisfy this need without impacting the environment?'”\u00a0said\u00a0Leloup.
Leloup, who grew up in France, said zero-waste stores have already opened up in countries across\u00a0Europe and now\u00a0seemed\u00a0like the right time to open one up in the capital.
She admitted, however, that adopting the\u00a0waste-free lifestyle can be “a bit intimidating.”\u00a0 “You have to understand zero waste on a\u00a0spectrum. On one end of the spectrum, you have the people who really create zero waste\u00a0\u2014 or basically just a jar of\u00a0waste per year\u00a0\u2014 and on the other [end of the] spectrum you have people who do nothing, who just have their bags and bags of waste,” Leloup said.
“You can find your place within this spectrum. You don’t have to be an\u00a0extremist.”
Creating Positive Environmental Change<\/strong><\/p>\n
“This is really the future of shopping,” said McKenna, who attended Saturday’s opening.
“I always say the environment and the economy go together, and I’m really proud to see a local, female entrepreneur taking real action to tackle climate change, protect the environment and employ a bunch of people.”
To read the full story, visit\u00a0http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/nu-grocery-zero-waste-officially-opens-hintonburg-1.4254336<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"