Hildegard: My 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!

Hildegard visits the van regularly at Lostwithiel Market and has been shopping with us from the start. Here’s her story:

I started refill shopping as I wanted to avoid waste and plastic. My top tip for living life with less waste is to simply take the time to think about what you can do; all small actions count, such as saving bags and jars to reuse and refill instead of throwing them away and buying new. For anyone thinking of shopping package-free, go for it, it’s a no brainer, you can only win! I love everything in the van but I regularly buy porridge oats, pumpkin seeds, buckwheat and salt as my staples! I also refill hand wash and other cleaning products.