Refill Shopping.

In a bid to reduce our plastic waste, we've made the foray into buying some of our pantry items from refill stores. This means bringing our own containers to a store, filling them up and paying by weight.

Not everything is cheaper to buy in this fashion and it has been an exercise in balancing cost with our desire to be eco-friendly.

We save a great deal by buying pasta this way. It costs 59c/100g, compared with approx 80c/100g for packaged pasta of the same brand. 

Loose tea leaves (pictured in front, in a jam jar) are also significantly cheaper than tea bags. I'm about to switch over to using reusable tea bags or a metal tea ball for steeping my tea.

It's one more shop for us to visit, but worth it as a small step toward zero waste.