Greengrocers in Bournemouth – produce without plastic.

No, I’m not an environmentalist and no, I don’t want to preach in this blog post about the devastating consequences of omnipresent plastic waste. We all know it’s bad. But I do feel I have a moral responsibility to reduce my personal plastic usage. Buying fruit and veggies without plastic packaging at your local greengrocers is a simple way of cutting down on plastic. In this post, you’ll see photos of nude… fruit & veg 😉 from three greengrocers in Bournemouth: Sunrise Organics in the Triangle, Metro Market in Charminster and Roebridge Farm Shop in Winton.

I used to shop only at supermarkets, mainly Lidl and M&S, and each time while unpacking greens at home, I felt as if I was throwing away tons of plastic. I started visualising the bigger scale of the problem when I thought about every single household doing the same thing. According to a major study, “supermarkets are flooding Britain with 59 billion pieces of plastic packaging a year.” You can read the full article here.

While some supermarkets are slowly introducing positive changes, you’ll find more fruit and veggies without plastic at your local greengrocer or a market. We, the customers, create the demand, so let’s start shopping at local independent greengrocers and choosing loose!

My nearest greengrocer is called Sunrise Organics. They are a vegan health food store and have a philosophy of selling only organic products and have an environmentally-friendly policy of zero plastic. The staff are very helpful and will guide you through all the products that are available at the shop. You will find only basic fruit and veg at Sunrise Organics, but they are all organic. There are other fantastic products without plastic packaging there such as spices, pasta, nuts, and rice. Photos below.

I might be crazy, but I simply adore looking at boxes filled with loose greens. The abundance of colours and shapes is astounding. The following veg comes from Roebridge Farm Shop in Winton, which sells fresh local produce. When you visit them, you feel as if you were surrounded by a rainbow. I have been there a couple of times, but my colleague shops there regularly and is very complimentary about their produce.

I also love shopping for greens at Metro Market in Charminster, especially since they have a variety of olives. Most fruit and veg in the Metro Market comes without plastic packaging. Yes!

I hope I have encouraged some of you to search for a greengrocer in your area and that I have convinced you to join my #chooseloose campaign. What are favourite greengrocers in Bournemouth? Do you think about choosing loose greens when you have an option?