You may not know that there a dozens of small changes you can make to your daily life that are better for the environment. Shops that are cutting out single-use plastics in favour of encouraging customers to bring their own containers to fill up with goods means less products are going to landfill! Find out how you can make your lifestyle more sustainable with these zero-waste and sustainable shops in South London!
BYO
147 Evelina Rd, Nunhead SE15 3HB
BYO, or Bring Your Own, is an independent, plastic-free health shop to liven up your eating habits and encourage you to add in ‘a pinch of something you’ve never heard of’! Bring along your jar and refill grains, pulses, nuts, seeds, sweets and snacks, pasta, nut butters, wine, oils and vinegars, laundry products and bodycare. This is a fantastic way to shop for bulk foods and keep your cupboards stocked with plastic-free items. Bring along your South London Club card and get 10% off!
Bring Your Own
Hetu
201 St. Johns Hill, London SW11 1TH
Hetu is a vegan, zero-waste store that is on a mission to change the world for the better and utilise our buying habits for good. Their products cut out unnecessary packaging so you can still enjoy the bulk foods you love to cook with, without the guilt of hurting the environment. None of their products are animal based, nor contain palm oil and focus instead of the reusable aspect of purchasing products. Shop dozens of products at this store and be adventurous!
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Green Onions
6 Clifton Rise, New Cross, SE14 6JP
Green Onions is a health food shop specialising in organic food and snacks, with a growing range of vegan and gluten-free foods. They sell organic sourdough breads daily from Cooper’s Bakehouse in Brockley and sourdough rye bread, spelt bread and artisan breads from Levain Bakery in Bermondsey. They love supporting local businesses, as well as thriving as an independent in their own right. You’ll also find house plants here, with the staff happy to help you on your journey to a more plant-based lifestyle. Don’t forget your South London Club card and get 10% off over £15!
Green Onions
Gather
121 Bellenden Road, Peckham, SE15 4QY
Tash and Laura, the owners of Gather, never have claimed to be perfect ‘zero-wasters’, but nevertheless, they are passionate about cutting out their single-use plastics and overall creating a more sustainable lifestyle. They aim to make their store an approachable, preach-free zone, and instead purely to educate locals about the different options when buying their usual favourites. Just a few of their products include cereals, pasta, nuts, seeds, herbs, spices and many more!
Gather
Beetroot and Beans
57A Dartmouth Rd, Forest Hill, London SE23 3HN
Behind the same dedicated team that own Aga’s Little Deli, Beetroot and Beans is their meat-free, zero-waste shop, selling a large range of vegan-friendly goods to dig into, from fresh fruit and veg to alternative milks. All their packaging is reusable and beautifully designed, so you’ll actually want to use it again! If you love this shop and pop across the road, you can get 10% off on purchases over £10 at Aga’s Little Deli with your South London Club card!
Aga’s Little Deli
Zéro
Merton Abbey Mills, Unit 7, The Apprentice Shop, 14 Watermill Way, London SW19 2RD
Zéro is the first waste-free shop in Wimbledon and Colliers Wood! Their vision is to help South Londoners consume more responsibly in order to cut down their waste. There are three easy steps to shopping here: 1) bring your own container, 2) choose from their range of bulk products, from organic to local, and 3) pay for only the content and save on the cost of the container! This shop is here to enlighten locals that it doesn’t have to be as hard as it seems to go waste-free in the 21st century!
Zéro
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Naked Larder
Herne Hill, SE24 9QP
The package-free process at Naked Larder works like this: place an order of all the goods online, collect the goods with your own reusable container, your goods will be weighed and then you’re ready to go! Their product list contains all the essentials, including grains, cereals and nuts. However, you’ll also find some miscellaneous items like nutritional yeast flakes and eco-friendly cleaning products!
Naked Larder
Common Clapham
17 The Pavement, London SW4 0HY
Common Clapham is an eco lifestyle shop, cafe and zero-waste station. Their ethos here is to make sustainable living accessible and stylish, where you can fill up on all your cooking essentials, as well as browse sustainable homewares, household and giftwares, to make as many aspects of your life as eco-friendly as possible! Feeling peckish while you shop? Pop in to their cafe for breakfast, brunch or lunch and try dishes like Vegan Smashed Avocado and Vegan Hummus!
Common Clapham
BYO
21-23 Tooting High St, Tooting, London, SW17 0SN
Not to be confused with BYO in Nunhead, this Bring Your Own store is located in the bustling ailes of Tooting Market and is an environment where locals are provided with an alternative way of shopping. Everything is refilled by weight, so you’ll have no tricks or schemes here, just honest numbers! The team at BYO love hearing suggestions from their loyal customers, striving to pack their shelves with products requested by you.
BYO
Swop Market
7 Burnt Ash Road, Lee Green, London SE12 8RG
Like many other environmentally-conscious locals, the owners of Swop Market are also sick of unnecessary plastic and packaging! Jess and Claire are the two mums that own this shop, with the mission of providing food and household products without packaging, helping us all to find easy ways to reduce our waste. Their ethos is to buy organic, Fairtrade, local (where possible) and as ethically as possible. All produce is vegetarian or vegan too!
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Jarr Market
19 Half Moon Lane, Herne Hill, SE24 9JU
Jarr Market is a refill and supply market in Herne Hill, looking to help locals reduce their single-use plastics, one jar at a time. Find all the cooking basics and bathroom treats here, and fill any container you have, from a brand new jar you’ve been waiting to use, to an old shampoo bottle! Jarr Market also sell their own reusable containers that are top quality and will certainly survive a good amount of refills!
Jarr Market
Pipoca
224 Brixton Road SW9 6AH
As well as being the only zero waste store in Brixton, Pipoca is also a vegan and gluten-free creperie! After you’ve stocked up on all your cupboard essentials in your favourite mason jar, head to the cafe and satisfy your sweet tooth! Not only can you try a delicious crepe, but you can also try artisan breads or a revitalising smoothie. Regulars usually love coming here for a classic vegan Sunday brunch after their shop!
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