Welcome to Society Zero

GLASGOW’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 it’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 can’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 we’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.

  • 💚 If you could time travel to the past and bring back a product/life skill/shopping behaviour, what would it be? . 💚 As our world has gotten wealthier we've become so used to being able to replace things quickly and dispose of everything really easily. Thankfully we've also got modern versions to swap our disposables for. Menstrual cups, beeswax wraps, reusable face wipes... The list goes on thankfully . 📸 @charlottemdean thanks for the photo!
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  • 🍃 Cleaning with a bar of soap seems to freak some people out, is it because we're indoctrinated to believe that we're not "clean enough" and that everything needs to be 99.9% antibacterial for it to work?⠀ ⠀ 🍃 Soap is self cleaning! There was an episode of Trust Me I'm a Doctor on the BBC a few months ago and they did a test on how clean hands were after washing with liquid soap, liquid antibacterial soap and a general handmade soap bar. The results proved that as long as you wash your hands long enough with the soap and hot water (twice the length of singing happy birthday) and well enough (in-between fingers etc) then they all cleaned as well as each other. If you quickly wash your hands with antibacterial soap, you're still not going to be cleaned properly.⠀ ⠀ 🍃 When soap bars come in such amazing scents (and unscented), shapes and colours, how could you not love them?! 😍 This one is Zen made by @willowandplum which is my new favourite⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ••••••••••••••••••••⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #societyzero #zerowasteshop #zerowaste #environment #glasgow #socent #socialenterprise #soap #handmadesoap #zerowastelifestyle #zerowastehome #greenliving #plasticfree #lessplastic #lesswaste #environmentallyfriendly #vegan #veganbeauty #veganskincare #vegansoap #palmoilfree #slowliving #conscious #consciousliving #scotland #shop
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  • 💚 How do you get politicians to act with your interests and causes? Speak to them! Thanks to @firstportscotland passing my details about our social enterprise successes onto my local MSP @ronamackaymsp - we spoke about what we were doing to not only help the environment, but support those who need it most and so glad they loved what we were doing . 💚 Speaking about it in parliament today, got little butterflies as we were recognised by @scotgov 😍 the amazing things #Scotland is doing is not to be sniffed at. We are further ahead than a lot of countries but still have a lot of work to do. Feeling very lucky to have been able to get the chance to have our voices heard. You can also contact your local MSP's and MP's to voice your concerns and ask what they will do to help . 💚 Thanks to @lesswastelaura for being able to save this as I couldn't quite work out how to #lifesaver
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  • 🌳 Building on our social impact and environmental goals coupled with the fact we know that we need more trees in the world to help tackle the greenhouse effect. We're going to be planting trees! . . 🌳 One tree can absorb as much as 48 pounds of carbon dioxide per year and can sequester 1 tonne of carbon dioxide by the time it reaches 40 years old! With this in mind, we want to do our bit while getting as big a group of people together as we can to plant trees. We're currently talking to local councils and the forestry commission to find out where would be best for us to start our tree planting ventures. . 🌳 We're a Community Interest Company meaning we put purpose, (and in our specific case) environment before profit. Every sale via our online shop and at our markets goes towards social impact work and working on our mission to create an inclusive society working towards zero waste 💚 . . . . . . . . . • • • • • #societyzero #scotland #environment #zerowaste #visitscotland #ecowarrior #climatechange #gogreen #zerowastehome #instascotland #scotspirit #sustainable #conservation #insta_scotland #glasgow #sustainability #loves_scotland #extinctionrebellion #slowliving #xr #lovescotland #igersscotland #ig_scotland #scotlandlover #explorescotland #noplanetb #igersscots #ig_scot #thisisglasgow #igersglasgow
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  • 🌿 Have you ever thought of the effect washing your clothes has on the environment? @lesswastelaura has written another blog, this time talking everything sustainable laundry! . 🌿 Link in bio for the blog . . . . . . . . #laundry#cleaninghacks #cleaning #washing #societyzero #lesswastewarriors #lesswaste #environment #environmentalism #eco #ecowarrior #ecotools #greenhome #greenliving #greenfriday #lessplastic #plasticfreewin #plasticfreeoceans #plasticfree #ecoblogger #ecoblog #environmental
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  • 💚 We need your help and input on a few questions for our next stage business plan. This will massively help us see what impact we've had on you so far, what we've done for you and what we can do for you. If you feel it better to email privately then send an email to sophie@societyzero.co.uk Questions below 👇⠀ ⠀ 1. Has Society Zero CIC been helpful for your environmental awareness and/or environmental impact?⠀ ⠀ 2. If you have attended one of our events so far, what did you think of them? Were they useful/helpful/informative/inclusive?⠀ ⠀ 3. When/if you were to describe Society Zero CIC to others, what would you say?⠀ ⠀ 4. What do you think is the best part/biggest role of Society Zero CIC playing a part of your life for you?⠀ ⠀ 💚 It may be easier to email responses or send us in a DM due to comment length restrictions, so please feel free to do this if you wish to. ⠀ ⠀ 💚 Thank you so so much for all of your continued and growing support from all of us at Society Zero CIC!⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #societyzero #socialenterprise #profitforpurpose #zerowaste #scotland #zerowastescotland #socialgood #socialresponsibility #Firstport #dogood #environment #lesswaste #lessplastic #lowwaste #lowimpact #lowimpactliving #zerowasteglasgow #zerowastescotland #cic #communityaction #communityenterprise #communitybeforeprofit #community #enterprise #ilovegla #plasticfree #reducewhatyouproduce
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We have a mission to make living sustainably and zero waste as accessible as possible. Registered Community Interest Company SC609713