After moving to Wales, husband and wife duo, Jerry and Tania Rees resolved to live their lives as plastic-free as possible. Although this proved to be a challenge, they met a lot of likeminded people along the way, who were trying to do the same thing. And that was when they decided to open Happy Planet Green Store, to offer as many zero-waste items as possible. We caught up with them to find out more.
When we moved to coastal Wales five years ago and were shocked and saddened to see the amount of plastic rubbish washed up on the beaches during the winter storms. We realised that the world was using too much packaging and many plastic items, so we vowed to try and live our own life plastic-free. This proved to be very difficult, as sourcing the products that didn’t contain it were not available on the high street. It meant lots of internet shopping – unpackaged foods were almost impossible to find. The idea was born as a result of this.