Zero waste shopping

Zero waste shopping (infographic)
Long description of the infographic

Zero waste retailers help reduce plastic waste by allowing their customers to use their own reusable containers to purchase items such as:

  • personal care products
  • food
  • hardware

How it works

  • The retailer weighs the empty containers and writes the weight on the containers
  • The customer fills the containers
  • The retailer weighs the filled containers
  • The retailer deducts the weight of the containers to calculate the total price

If you think the weight of the container wasn’t deducted, bring your filled container and your receipt back to the retailer, and ask them to reweigh it.

Scale requirements for retailers

The scale used to sell items by weight must be:

  • approved by us for its intended use  
  • inspected by the date shown on the inspection sticker
  • level and installed on a stable surface
  • installed so that the customer can see the weighing operation and the weight display
  • zeroed between uses 

For more information on the requirements for scales and other measuring devices used to sell items by weight, you can contact us.