The morning news the other day was talking about a store that just opened up in Berkeley, that is trying to avoid plastic waste. You bring your own containers (or they sell you some) - and go in and fill them up with shampoo, conditioner, creams, soaps, oils, and various bulk foodstuffs - and then when you run out, you bring in your container and reuse it to buy again.

I guess this is the 2nd of this type of stores, both in Berkeley. It is an interesting concept - I can see it working for bulk foods like nuts and things like that - but as soon as you get into "branded" items - there are so many different brands and varieties of just shampoo - will they have something similar? Same with foods - like crackers or cookies - the options fill an entire shopping aisle - what are the chances they have the one kind of cracker you are looking for?