(Bloomberg) — Amber Haukedahl’s journey to zero-waste shopping started with a toothbrush. Four years ago, the conservation biologist from Minneapolis decided to cut down on her plastic consumption, ...

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SAN MATEO – A new grocery store on the Peninsula is drawing praise from environmental groups, as it does not offer items packaged in single-use plastics. Byrd's Filling Station is now open in Downtown ...

A NEW GROCERY store in Bedford has customers shopping in a whole new way with a focus on eliminating waste. Live Free Refillery, which is said to be New Hampshire’s first zero-waste grocery store, ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Shopping can create a lot of clutter and waste, but that's not the case at Tare Market. Amber Haukedahl opened the first Tare Market, a zero-waste store, in Minnesota in 2019 ...

"Target Zero" is a part of the company's ongoing sustainability efforts. As the world aims to figure out ways to live and shop more sustainably, Target is adding to those efforts with one of its ...

Garbage is inevitable in most stores. Even bulk-food and produce aisles are lined with rolls of thin, clingy plastic bags. At The Realm Refillery in Northeast Portland, however, shopping for food and ...