The Atkins Family: Our plastic free journey

Meeting our customers is one of the best parts of our jobs! We are always inspired by their efforts to go plastic free and love hearing their journeys of how they came to start shopping plastic free and we thought you might do too! It is always inspiring to hear from others and in this brave new world of zero waste and plastic free its great to pick up hints and tips from each other and feel part of a wider community that together will make great change!

Mandy is one of our most organised customers! She comes to the van at Helston Market with her containers and a list, drops them off, goes off for a walk and a coffee while we get busy filling her containers ready for her return! A great way to refill! Here’s her story:

As a family we wanted to reduce our impact on the environment, help reduce the amount of plastic in our seas and make a positive contribution towards protecting the future of our planet which is why we started refill shopping.

I enjoy shopping with Incredible Bulk, it’s a pleasant shopping experience! Very simple and easy to switch to refill many everyday products. Jack and Gemma have been more than happy to refill all sorts of containers. If you have a long list, they are happy for you to leave them with the list and your containers while you go off and you can then collect your refills a short while later, so it is easy to fit visiting the refill van into our busy lives.

My advice for anyone looking to start shopping this way is to choose items that are easy and affordable for you. Start saving jars and tubs to take to be refilled, you don’t need to go out and buy any fancy containers to make a start. Re-use any plastic you do end up with as many times as possible before recycling, most plastic packets can be washed dried and reused! Better than throwing it away after a single use.