Welcome to Society Zero

GLASGOWโ€™S ZERO WASTE SHOP AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE

We are a Community Interest Company with the main aim of providing zero waste and plastic free food, produce and products to Glasgow and itโ€™s surrounding areas through, our pop-up shop and programmes.

Through our Zero Waste Pop Up Shop we will not only provide you with plastic free food and environmentally friendly products to enable you to live a minimal to zero waste lifestyle but we also aim to support marginalised and disadvantaged groups.

Come along to our market stalls to purchase products to help lower your environmental impact while supporting a local independent business with a good cause, or to one of our events and learn more about how to live more zero waste.

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Our stock is always expanding so be sure to sign up to our mailing list to find out what we have at each market stall and check our social media too

If you canโ€™t make it along to one of our events, then have a browse through our Blog to read up on how even simple changes can reduce your environmental impact, changes you can make today, interviews with people already living zero waste for some inspiration and also to keep an eye out for updates on what weโ€™re doing next.

Society Zero will not only support your local communities through our events, workshops, talks and programmes but provide a support network and educational environment suitable for all demographics to ensure living with less impact on our environment is accessible to as many as possible.

You can read more about our creation, values and social aims through our About Page.

  • ๐Ÿ’š Want to win this wonderful lunchbox as well as a surprise gift?โ € โ € ๐Ÿ’š As part of our #UpstreamBattle campaign, weโ€™d like to get more of you involved! โ € โ € ๐Ÿ’š We know not everyone can make it to or community events, but if we can all do our bit for the planet by picking up 3 pieces of litter each day in our local area we can start to reduce the 80% of waste entering the sea from land and surely get this statistic down?!โ € โ € ๐Ÿ’š So, for the next month as part of the the Great British spring clean, please pick up 3 pieces of litter in your home town or community to win the two tiered lunchbox with snack tin and a surprise gift! ๐Ÿคฉโ € โ € To enter: โ € โ € ๐Ÿšฎ Follow us and use #societyzero #pickup3โ € ๐Ÿšฎ Tag us in your photos of picking up 3 pieces of litter โ € ๐Ÿšฎ Tag us in as many litter pick photos as you want over the next month to enterโ € ๐Ÿšฎ Tag your friends in this post to let them know of the competition and let's get as much picked up as possibleโ € โ € ๐Ÿ’š We have seen from our own community litter picks and others, how the rubbish gets into or waterways along the length of the river Clyde and if we can all do our part to combat that, then maybe we will be able to reduce that statistic.โ € โ € Competition is open from today 24th and runs until 27th April 2019 for one winner. We will choose at random from entries on Facebook and Instagram and announce the winner publicly. (We fully support everyone carrying on the competition but got to have an end date). This competition is open to UK entrants only and is in no way endorsed by Facebook or Instagram.
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  • ๐Ÿ’š The biggest source of waste for a lot of people and families, especially with young children at school - SNACKS!โ € โ € ๐Ÿ’š It seems, gone are the days where three meals a day was all people got to eat in a day, no snacking, everything was homemade and there was no such thing as convenience foodโ € โ € ๐Ÿ’š Falling into the extremely busy, working mum category, I totally get it and it was the biggest fear I had when it came to starting my zero waste journey. My children need to eat, all their friends had snacks for playtime and I like a snack/cake/biscuit with my tea, so what were we to do when I don't have the time to bake three tiered specialties and forage my own granola? โ € โ € ๐Ÿ’š I looked at the cereal bars I bought them repeatedly each week, loaded with sugar, preservatives and additives - even the "healthier" ones. I looked at the ingredients and have now made my own ones and I feel better for it. โ € โ € ๐Ÿ’š Yes there's a lot of sugar in the fresh apple juice that I soak the oats in but not so bad in my eyes. So I decided enough was enoughโ € โ € My method this evening: โ € I poured oats from a paper bag into a bowl, covered with apple juice, let it soak until the apple juice became milky looking (3-4 mins tops) added raisins, mixed and then spread out on a baking tray and stuck it in the oven along with the cauliflower cheese I had in the oven already. Baked until they were golden brown. By the time the cauliflower was ready, I just turned off the oven and allowed the heat inside to carry on baking the oats, I'd say it was in the oven for about 25 minutes.โ € โ € ๐Ÿ’š They've turned out brilliant! The kids have tried a bit now that it's cooled down too and approve, WIN! No more wrapped up, ridiculously expensive oat bars for snack timesโ € โ € ๐Ÿ’š The biggest zero waste elements of this are not the glass bottle of apple juice, nor the paper bag of oats or even the homemade element. They are instead the fact I was using my oven to its capacity and saving resources and the reduced section huge plastic bag of raisins I've been using up for the past two months in various ways. โ € ๐Ÿ’š If you don't have a zero waste shop near you, that's ok! There's a lot of other things you can do
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  • ๐Ÿ’š Another question from us, because we want to find out more from you and your opinions and experiences. This time we're asking what's the most difficult aspect of living low/zero-waste for you or in general for people do you think? . ๐Ÿ’š Whatever your answer is though, please don't beat yourself up for it or give yourself a hard time, some things we can't do by ourselves but there is a lot we can still do that you may not even think is living zero waste, what I like to call "accidental zero waste" โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข #zerowaste #sustainable #ecofriendly #glasgow #igersglasgow #zerodechet #zerowastehome #reuse #eco #sustainability #peoplemakeglasgow #sustainablefashion #instaglasgow #reduce #environment #greenliving #scotland #sustainableliving #insta_glasgow #ecowarrior #ethical #upcycle #socent #noplanetb #accessible #ilovegla #instascotland #ecotools #gogreen #slowliving
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  • ๐Ÿ’š What a day! A group of us today (not all pictured as some had to leave) cleaned up as much as we could along the Clyde at Glasgow Green today . ๐Ÿ’š Several needles unfortunately, what looked like a recycling centres worth of glass bottles and cans, multiple sanitary pads and tampon applicators, a mobile phone, lube packets, condoms, polystyrene, tonnes of "bags for life" ๐Ÿคฆ tubs of paint, milk bottles, clothes - a lot of it was out of reach and some bits looked like people had just emptied their recycling bins in there . ๐Ÿ’š When will it end? ๐Ÿ˜ณ When do you think people will have respect for their surroundings again? What needs to happen to change this?
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  • ๐Ÿ’š We're meeting at McClellan Archway at Glasgow Green again tomorrow! The rain has thankfully washed the snow away so we'll be able to see the litter . ๐Ÿ’š Bring gloves, large jar and wear waterproofs and sturdy boots/shoes . . . . . . #litterpicking #litterpick #literati #trashtag #trashtagchallenge #glasgow #glasgowcity #ilovegla #zerowasteglasgow #zerowaste #cleanup #upstreambattle #rubbish #rubbishisrubbish #communitygood #communityaction #powertothepeople #scotspirit #igersglasgow #peoplemakeglasgow #ecowarrior #greenliving
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  • ๐Ÿ’š Well done to everyone protesting today around the world! . ๐Ÿ’š We truly hope governments listen to their next generation of voters as this is what matters above everything! Our futures, our children's futures of EVERYBODY deserves to be what we've taken for granted so far and taken care of #climatestrike #schoolstrike4climate
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We have a mission to make living sustainably and zero waste as accessible as possible. Registered Community Interest Company SC609713