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Zero-waste shopping comes to town

The zero-waste movement landed in
town when Littleborough business
The Veggie Vixen underwent an
extensive rebrand this summer.

Formerly Littleborough’s first plant-
based café, The Veggie Vixen Store
and Coffee Shop on Victoria Street
has introduced a zero-waste section
of store cupboard and cleaning
essentials to tackle the scourge of
single-use plastic.

The zero-waste movement is fast
gaining traction across the UK,
thanks to a public backlash against single-use Some action is taking place nationally, with the
plastics. 5p bag levy, the UK ban on microplastic beads in
cosmetics, and paper bags for fruit and veg, or
A versatile material, the horrors of plastic have even in place of standard plastic carrier bags.
recently been realised after shocking images of
plastic-choked oceans and piles of waste sent Several supermarkets have introduced a ‘bring
abroad for recycling have surfaced. your own container’ scheme to cut down on
unnecessary plastic usage, but the rise of
zero-waste shops has largely been fuelled by
independent businesses going one step further.

Whilst the shop isn’t fully zero-waste, Veggie
Vixen founder Naomi Rhys Thomas hopes to
have a sizeable impact closer to home with zero-
waste and refill stations.

All refill products stocked by the Veggie
Vixen are vegetarian, vegan, cruelty-free and
environmentally friendly, with compostable bags,
or glass jars, to go from shop to shelf.

Liquid refills – starting from 20p per 100ml
– include shampoo and conditioner, laundry
detergent and fabric conditioner, disinfectant
and multi-use cleaners, handwash, glass and
mirror cleaner, and toilet cleaner.

The store also serves coffee and cake, plus a wide
range of packaged goodies suitable for all.

The Veggie Vixen is open Thursdays and Fridays (11am to 6pm)
and Saturdays and Sundays (11am to 5pm).

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