Herne Hill
Produce
undressed
ABOUT
Naked Larder came about because of the real need for us to change our shopping habits. We seek to find more sustainable ways to shop, practices that reduce the huge volumes of packaging, in particular plastic, created throughout the world today. We feel that reducing the use of all forms of packaging, rather than recycling, is the key element. Recycling is energy-intensive and much of the waste does still end up in landfill, the oceans, being incinerated or shipped to less developed countries which just don't have the infrastructure to deal with it. Plastic is particularly difficult to recycle.
But just substituting plastic for other forms of packaging: paper, cardboard, metal, glass and so on is not the answer. It will just create other environmental problems and does nothing to reduce our reliance on using the earth's precious and dwindling resources to make items that are then only used once. Single-use packaging of any type is a drain on the valuable resources of our planet and it is essential we aim to remove all forms of unnecessary packaging. We must focus on refusing, reducing and reusing packaging wherever possible.
My name is Phili and I started Naked Larder in January 2018. I was (and still am!) fed up with packaging waste. Even though our family reduced and recycled as much as possible, our bin was still frustratingly full of packaging. Some items, like fruit and vegetables, I could source fairly easily without packaging, but it was the basic groceries and dry goods such as pasta, rice, cereal, nuts and so on, which were still hard to source packaging free.
Supermarkets and other shops often offer very few options to minimise packaging, and where there are other options these can cost considerably more. I noticed my shopping bill increase significantly as I tried to buy the packaging free items. We also need to be very careful to consider that the issue is not only around plastic packaging.
So the concept of Naked Larder was born. Our aim is to provide a place where people can come to source these items with minimal packaging. We choose ethical and sustainable suppliers so the concept is supported throughout the supply chain.
We do our best to provide these services in such a way that costs remain as low as possible. Naked Larder strives to connect like-minded people who wish to do their part to minimise the impact humans are having on the environment. Spread the word and the message.
From small beginnings, the Naked Larder community has grown faster than I ever could have imagined. We have a lovely community of over 750 shoppers all working to reduce waste while enjoying high quality food and other products. But there is still much work to do. I hope the Naked Larder community will continue to grow, continue to raise awareness and enable more people to change their shopping habits for a better future.
Let’s make our shopping packaging free!
Phili
Founder and owner of Naked Larder