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First ZERO-PACKAGING GROCERY STORE

The In.gredients store, in Austin, Texas, specializing in local and organic ingredients, claims to be the country's first ever "package-free, zero waste grocery store." Shoppers will be encouraged to bring their own containers; if they don't, the store will provide compostable ones. Americans add 570 million pounds of food packaging to their landfills each day, noted the store's co-founder in a press release, adding, "What's normal in the grocery business isn’t healthy for consumers or the  environment."[GOOD, 6/24/11]