Does anyone use LOOP? (reusable packaging)

[karinothing]

Our grocery store is participating in a pilot of LOOP.  It looks like LOOP partners with major brands and puts them into reusable packing. You can return the packing to the store. It looks pretty cool, but I haven't seen it in store yet so not sure how many of the items I will use on a regular basis. But it does look like they work with cleaning products and nutella so that alone might be worth it lol. 


www.grocerydive.com/news/giant-food-teams-up-with-reusable-packaging-program-loop/628304/

[mrsslocombe]

I've been waiting for years for this to come to my area. I hope they can scale up quickly, because I wonder if transporting/cleaning/refilling/and then transporting the items again causes more environmental impact than they are saving. I know eventually they want to be able to process refilling in stores (or at least locally) but that takes a lot of infrastructure.

Some of the local health food stores here have some limited items available for in-store refills (they have dish washing liquid, laundry soap, etc). The pandemic killed all the bulk food sections at my grocery stores, which I understand. But I miss them every time I have to buy a can of oats vs just filling my own bag.

[karinothing]

Yeah I am interested to see how it works. Last time I was there they had a big box/machine where you could return items, but none of the items were at the store yet. I hope there are a lot of products I can use. It doesn't look like it does any meat products, but I am not sure.