Recycle! What about precycle?

''Unpacked'' considers prudence before recycling.

Located in UK capital London, Unpackaged sells organic, fair trade and eco-friendly products and rewards shoppers for reusing their own containers. Proprietor Cath Conway has just celebrated her first year of successful trading and is now looking to expand.

Michelle Carlile-Alkhouri reports.

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Recycle! What about precycle?

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  1. Precycling means pre-buying a re-usable container.
  2. The shop specialises in dairy produce.
  3. Cath Conway set up the shop because she didn't like other health-food shops.
  4. She likes to use eco-friendly packaging.
  5. She only sells food.
  6. 18% of her customers use their own containers.
  7. Shoppers feel the concept is vitally important.
  8. The woman interviewed strips off all her packaging at the supermarket till.
  9. Most people now shop in this way.
  10. The shop is offering home-made Christmas gifts.

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