Toronto Bulk Barn trading in plastic bags for reusable containers

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A Bulk Barn store in Toronto has started allowing customers to bring in their own reusable containers as part of a pilot project the company hopes to expand.

The Liberty Village location, which opened in July, was chosen to start the test project on Sept. 23. Bulk Barn hopes the number of millennials who live in the area will take to the environmentally-friendly method.

“People are happy; they are excited; they’ve been waiting for this,” said Jason Ofield, executive vice president of marketing at Bulk Barn “They’ve been looking for us to step up and give them the ability to shop waste-free.”

The slogan for the program is, “Clean. Weigh. Scoop. Pay.”
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Customers are encouraged to bring in their own containers, which they must have weighed before they start scooping. Employees will inspect the containers for chips, cracks, stains, debris, dirt, rust or residual food.

The container or bag must be reusable, designed for food and never have been used for chemicals. Paper and plastic bags cannot be used.

Ofield said if a container does not measure up to the standard, a Mason jar can be purchased for $3.29.

Many customers in the store on Tuesday were just finding out about the new project and said next time they would bring their own containers.

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