Zero Waste Shopping!
Mountain Avenue Market in Fort Collins, Colorado, is working towards more a more zero waste shopping opportunities. We have the best bulk shopping section in town. Though we have had to make some changes due to COVID-19, we are working hard to create a sustainble shopping experience for members and non-members alike.
What do we mean by saying zero waste shopping?
~Refuse what we don’t need and change the way we consume and produce.
~Minimize ecological footprint of consumption by repurposing products/components.
~Clean/repair products that have becoe waste so they can be reused without pre-processing.
~Composting and recycling
At Mountain Avenue Market some of our main initatives include:
~Providing hundreds of products in our bulk grocery and bulk herb section in which customers can have repurposed, sanitized containers filled with the amount of product that they want.
~Working with companies that provide a product that is 100% zero waste from production to distribution to sales. Some of our great zero waste partners include: Old Time Vinegar Company, Colorado Clean, Clark’s Wildflower Honey, and Morning Fresh Dairy.
~Our compost is picked up weekly by the Colorado Worm Man to feed worms for worm compost.
~We work with numerous local companies and farms to reduce our “food miles”.
~Any products that are not fit to sell on the shelf get donated to Vindeket Foods.
~We obsessively recycle including all of our plastic!