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John,
Here's a great idea for reducing plastic waste in grocery stores.
Bulk stores -- where you bring your own container (or get one at the store) to fill with products like laundry detergent, cereal, nuts or rice -- reduce plastic waste and allow us to only buy what we really need.
Since Trader Joe's has so many stores, and such a wide selection of its own branded products, wouldn't it be great if the company helped reduce plastic waste by creating bulk sections in its stores?
We're urging the grocery chain to create a refillable section in its stores to reduce unnecessary single-use plastic waste. Will you add your name?
Often, when there's a way for a company to help reduce waste and create a healthier planet, it's because it needs to stop doing something (like using single-use plastic packaging or plastic bags). But a bulk section is something Trader Joes can do that would be positive for its customers and the environment.
Trader Joe's operates hundreds of stores across 43 states -- serving tons of grocery shoppers every day. If even one of those customers left with just a little less plastic, it would make a big difference in how much trash goes to the landfill, the ocean or littering the street.
Send a message to Trader Joe's: Add a bulk refill section to your stores.
The more we learn about plastic waste, the more obvious it is that we need solutions -- and fast. For example, very little plastic ever gets recycled -- only about 5%.1
A big portion of plastic that comes home with us from the store is destined to become pollution that will outlive us all.
The best thing we can do to reduce plastic waste is to not use so much plastic in the first place. A bulk refill section in the grocery store is a great example of a more "circular" economy, where no packaging is wasted after one use, and instead it's used again and again.
Thank you,
Faye Park
President
1. Nina Lakhani, "Only 5% of plastic waste generated by US last year was recycled, report says," The Guardian, October 24, 2022.
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