A British supermarket started to sell unpackaged products

The British Waitrose supermarket chain began a pioneering experiment – 444.hu wrote after The Guardian. Waitrose has unveiled its vision of environmentally conscious shopping, offering customers the chance to buy food and drink that is completely free of packaging as part of a ground-breaking trial for a large retailer.

Photo: Waitrose, 444.hu

In a new way to try to eliminate unnecessary plastic and packaging, shoppers will be able to fill their own containers with a range of products from a series of dispensers, using the first dedicated refill station installed by a major UK supermarket. (The Guardian, 444.hu, akiraly)