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Directory of Who Delivers Plastic-Free Groceries & Zero Waste Product Refills

Vicky Ellmore

Support local small businesses and farmers and reduce waste by getting a box of locally grown plastic-free groceries and refills of pantry goods and household cleaning essentials delivered in returnable reused packaging to your door! See who delivers low-waste groceries to you…

The closeness to low or zero waste of most of the businesses mentioned below is unknown so be warned that these deliveries may come with some plastic and more waste than you are used to. We have definitely ended up with some unexpected landfill waste due to getting deliveries from small local businesses.

We feel that making a bit more waste than usual right now is a small price to pay to keep the community safe and help businesses in your community make it through this tough time.

If you can choose a delivery that uses less waste though - that’s great! If you can’t or end up with some, try to find a way to reuse whatever it is before you dispose of it responsibly.

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Australia-wide

  • Open Food Network creates resilient local food economies by bring together producers to create a virtual farmers’ market. It is a “not-for-profit organisation building what is needed to create a new food system that is fair, local, and transparent” and it is a great way to source local food from local producers for delivery or pickup. Search its shops to find food near you or use its map.

  • Honest to Goodness specialise in bulk wholefoods and sells them at wholesale prices to both individuals and businesses, shipping Australia-wide.

  • The Source Bulk Foods has an online store as well as its physical stores all around Australia.

  • Graina has a large range of bulk foods that are shipped nationwide through Australia Post.

  • Naked Foods offers click and collect and Australia-wide delivery via Australia Post.

  • Naked Asian Grocer is Australia's first zero waste Asian grocery store! Often hard to find plastic free, you can now get Asian ingredients without the plastic packaging and in any amount. Also available: noodle soup kits!

  • L'Abruzzese Pasta delivers its Australian-made pasta plastic free in 2.5 kg or 5kg paper bags.

  • Zero Co posts cleaning and body care product refills in refill pouches that are returned for reuse

  • Pepper Leaf is a meal kit service that reduces food waste and plastic waste by using recycled boxes and paper bags and as little plastic as it possibly can.

  • Raw Bulk Foods Online sends out Australian-grown bulk foods nationally single-use plastic free, packing them in returnable reusable refill bags that are posted back to them to be reused.

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Other Countries

There are local Open Food Networks in the many countries, including:


FOR THOSE IN THE UK

And Planet Organic (UK) delivers fresh, organic produce within London postcodes, as well as organic pantry staples in certified marine compostable and home compostable packaging.

FOR THOSE IN THE US

While in the US, Sun & Swell (US) offers a wide assortment of organic health foods and pantry staples in plastic-free compostable packaging, delivering to customers anywhere in the US. It has been approved for home composting, and the packaging can be mailed back to them for composting if you don’t have access to composting.

Prioritising sourcing from US farms, Sun & Swell gets its organic products, which are free from added sugars, preservatives and flavours, from as close to its home in California as possible.

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Melbourne


Bulk food & household products click & collect/delivery:

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Sydney


Bulk food & cleaning product refills delivery:

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Brisbane

Bulk food click & collect/delivery:

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