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America's First Packaging-Free Grocery Store to Open in Austin, TX - TIME NewsFe...

Written by Brandon Klein | May 7, 2011 12:39:00 AM

Ever feel a pang of guilt throwing away glass bottles, plastic containers, and loads of other completely reusable packaging materials? If that's you, then the zero-waste grocery store in.gredients coming to Austin, Texas will be your new favorite store.

Americans throw away 1.4 billion pounds of waste every day, and 40% of it comes from one-time packaging. But it's hard trying to be a conscious recycler after a while because of the double or triple wrappings for every product.