Eco-friendly refill store opening in Aberdeen

An environmentally friendly “reuse and refill” shop in Aberdeen is to open its doors for the first time today.

Refillosophy is based in the premises of a former dairy dispensary and greengrocer on the city’s Albyn Grove, and the 1,000 square foot zero-waste store is billed as the biggest of its kind in the city. There will be suitable hygiene and distancing measures in place.

Owner Gina Adie is hoping to foster a community spirit with fresh local produce, products, billboards promoting local events and decorations “celebrating the North-east’s natural beauty”.

The former nurse said: “I’m excited to be opening a store that offers plastics-free shopping and also eliminate the use of other types of environmentally unfriendly packaging.”

She said the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted a need to shop local, also pointing out that in Scotland, consumers buy more than 300,000 tonnes of single-use packaging for their groceries every year.

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