Container-free grocery opens in Germany
A shopper points to goods at the "Original Unverpackt" ("Originally Unpacked") supermarket on the store's opening day in Berlin, Germany, Sept. 13, 2014.
The store offers approximately 350 different kinds of foods and household necessities, all without packaging. Store founders say they launched the idea in an effort to combat the "packaging insanity" modern society takes for granted. Shoppers can either bring their own containers or choose from ecologically-friendly containers at the store.
Shopping packaging-free
A vendor tells Sandra Krause, left, about the goods at the "Original Unverpackt" ("Originally Unpacked") supermarket on the store's opening day, Sept. 13, 2014.
Shopping packaging-free
A vendor holds a basket filled with groceries at the "Original Unverpackt" ("Originally Unpacked") supermarket on the store's opening day, Sept. 13, 2014.
Shopping packaging-free
A vendor holds a basket filled with groceries at the "Original Unverpackt" ("Originally Unpacked") supermarket on the store's opening day.
Shopping packaging-free
Net bags lie in a shopping basket at the "Original Unverpackt" supermarket.
Shopping packaging-free
Nut and bean filled dispensers line a wall at the "Original Unverpackt."
Shopping packaging-free
Co-founder Sara Wolf, right, writes on a bottle at the store "Original Unverpackt" ("Originally Unpacked") supermarket on the store's opening day, Sept. 13, 2014.
Shopping packaging-free
Shoppers wait in a line at the "Original Unverpackt" ("Originally Unpacked") supermarket on the store's opening day, Sept. 13, 2014 in Berlin, Germany.
Shopping packaging-free
Store founders Sara Wolf, left, and Milena Glimbowski, right, pose for a photograph in front of their store "Original Unverpackt" ("Originally Unpacked") supermarket in Berlin, Germany.
The store offers approximately 350 different kinds of foods and household necessities, all without packaging. Store founders say they launched the idea in an effort to combat the "packaging insanity" modern society takes for granted. Shoppers can either bring their own containers or choose from ecologically-friendly containers at the store.