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Ajit Niranjan, Mother Jones
Thu, 07/11/2024 - 3:00am

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. René Heiden pulls two glass yogurt jars off the shop shelf, and lists the nearby supermarkets in which they can be returned once empty. His Berlin grocery shop avoids single-use packaging in favor of reusable containers, a waste reduction model that is having something of a revival in Germany.

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