These shops aim to reduce unnecessary waste. As a customer, you have to bring your own containers, jars or bags which you use to fill up on products at the shop, and it is usually charged by weight e.g. the gram. This helps reduce single use plastics when buying repeated purchases such as rice, pasta, nuts, cereal etc. Zero-waste shops don’t just do food and tend to sell household items that can be avoided from single use waste such as laundry detergent and washing up liquid. Here tells you where you can find every zero waste shop in Bristol.
Read moreMedequip
Oat Float
Wear My Wardrobe Out
A service where you can rent clothes instead of buying them. Promotes slow fashion. As well as renting, they also offer: repair for rewear, upcycling, alterations, and made to order. Has a wide range of vintage and luxury items whilst trying to stay affordable. However, there is a couture section which is a much higher price (understandably). They do accessories, shoes, bags and belts as well as clothes!
SPARKS Bristol
Digilocal
Olio
Fare Share South West
Terracycle
TerraCycle is an innovative recycling company that has become a global leader in recycling typically hard-to-recycle waste. They offer a range of free programmes that are funded by conscientious companies, as well as recycling solutions available for purchase for almost every form of waste.
Read moreBristol Waste
Bristol Waste Company is your local recycling, waste collection and street cleansing company. They are committed to working in partnership with the people of Bristol to help all communities recycle more, throw away less and waste nothing.
Read moreCity To Sea
City To Sea is an organisation campaigning to stop plastic pollution – from the city to the sea. Their vision is for the world’s waterways and coastlines to be strewn with sticks, sand and seaweed … not plastic! They focus on providing practical, solutions-focused initiatives and advocating reduce and reuse over single-use.
Read moreDsposal
Precious Plastic
Precious Plastic is a project trying to boost plastic recycling worldwide. They do that by providing tools and knowledge to people around the world. For free, of course. Trying to give people solutions to fight plastic pollution.
Read moreScoopaway
Scoopaway specialise in Natural Wholesome Foods and Remedies for the whole family. Including natural Food Supplements and natural Body Care from head to toe. Organic and Fairtrade Teas and Coffee, Herbs and Spices and Chilled and Frozen Convenience foods. They also cater for speciality diets such as Vegetarian, Vegan and Coeliac.
Read moreABC Free Shop
Aid Box Community (ABC) is a grassroots, humanitarian organisation based on Cheltenham Road in Bristol. The charity has a community hub and Free Shop where asylum seekers & refugees in Bristol receive support, sanctuary and can also find basic essentials to daily life as the settle in our city. Many vulnerable people who have come to the UK escaping persecution, war or natural disaster receive less than £5 a day to live on, sometimes for a whole family, and ABC supports hundreds of people each year.
Read moreBaby Bank Network
Baby Bank Network is a charity that supports families who are experiencing poverty or crisis by providing them with pre-loved items for their children aged 0-5 years, whilst reducing waste and promoting reuse of items. They collect pre-loved baby equipment, clothes, cots, slings, prams, feeding aids, books and toys, and pass them on to families, along with some essential new items like toiletries. Powered by volunteers and working with referral partners, they make sure your pre-loved donations get to the families who need them most. It is a free service for families and referral partners.
Read moreChildren's Bike Exchange
Ape Project Children’s Bike Exchange aims to fix up and safety check unwanted children’s bikes which can then be swapped at affordable costs (depending on condition) for outgrown or damaged kids bikes. Families are also able to buy bikes from us if they do not have a bike to exchange.
Read moreBristol Waste Reuse Shop
Bristol Waste Reuse Shop sells high quality electrical equipment & furniture diverted from Bristol s Household Waste & Recycling Centres. PAT tested & function tested where applicable. This is reuse in action. #WasteNothing
Read moreBristol Wood Recycling Project
Bristol Wood Recycling Project do paid collections where they will take away any wood waste you have. They also have the option of drop off donations subject to these guidelines and cannot guarantee they will take it: No MDF or Chipboard, nothing with nails in, no timber under 1.5m in length and furniture must be in reusable condition.
Read moreThe Makershed
The Makershed is a creative space for doing, making & learning new skills. They run courses in woodworking, upholstery, upcycling & DIY for beginners or the more seasoned maker.
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