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Reyouzable deliver refills of bulk foods, including pasta, rice and coffee, to various postcodes across London.

Also, check out the wonderful Oddbox, who will deliver wonky fruit and veg that would otherwise have gone to waste.

Day Old Eats do boxes of surplus baked goods for offices and events.

Bulkmarket is a packaging-free supermarket currently crowdfunding to open a new store.

Balham: As Nature Intended has dispensers with loose foods, as well as unpackaged fruit and veg.

Battersea: Hetu is a vegan zero waste store offering a range of unpackaged, vegan, zero waste goods.

Chiswick: The Source Bulk Foods is now open. Chiswick also has a branch of As Nature Intended selling loose foods.

Crystal Palace: The Store Cupboard has a range of loose foods and offers a discount to anyone bringing their own containers. Open on Saturdays, 10-3.

Ealing: As Nature Intended  sells loose foods.

Elephant and Castle: FareShares is a vegan food co-op with bins of loose foods, fruit and veg, and unpackaged washing powder. You can bring your own bag or reuse some of the plastic bags donated to the shop, and I think they may offer discounts to customers who arrive on a bike. They are open 3 days a week, so check the website before you head out.

Finsbury Park: Arsenal Food and Wine, 68B Blackstock Road, sells some unpackaged goods and detergent refills.

Hackney:

Save the Date London sell food destined for landfill at their market stall. Keep an eye out on social media for the dates of their opening times.

Get Loose Foods at Hackney City Farm sells 100% organic nuts, grains, pulses, milk, eggs, fruits, cheeses and much more. It’s open Wed 6-8, Thu 4.30-7.30, Friday 10-6 and weekends 10-4.30.

Bulkmarket in Bohemia Place, sells a wide range of unpackaged groceries.

Harringay: Kofali Hot Nuts  on Green Lanes has bulk bins full of nuts, dried fruit and sweets. They are happy for you to use your own containers.

Herne Hill: the Naked Larder is a bulk food buying group for south Londoners, where you can buy dry goods and eco friendly cleaning products to refill.

Hoxton: Save the Date London is a pay as you feel market selling surplus produce collected from across London.

Kensington: Whole Foods has a good range of loose grains, cereals, nuts, teas and coffee. It also does unpackaged fruit and veg.

Kentish Town: Earth Natural Stores has a range of loose grains, herbs, spices, nuts, and teas and coffees. It also does detergent refills, including shampoo, and unpackaged fruit and veg. It recently featured in this Sky News report on zero waste shopping. NOTE: this store is happy to serve you in your own bags, but has currently has no system for weighing tares, so is unable to serve you into your own containers. Also check out Bumblebee Natural Foods on Brecknock Road, which has bins of unpackaged nuts and seeds.

Lee Green: Shop Without Packaging sells a range of bulk products.

London Fields: E5 Bakehouse  has a range of bulk goods, such as oats, dried beans, nuts, seeds, and sugar. They also do unpackaged bread.

Marble Arch: As Nature Intended on Edgware Road has loose foods, unpackaged coffee and fruit and veg.

Muswell Hill: Unpackaged (Planet Organic) has a good range of loose foods, including chocolate, and detergent refills and toilet paper. It has a handy list of its products on the website.

Richmond: Whole Foods has a bulk food section.

Shoreditch: As Nature Intended has loose foods in dispensers including rice, snacks, and nuts. It also does unpackaged coffee, fruit and veg, and detergent refills.

Stoke Newington: Mother Earth on Albion Road has loose foods in bins, and Food For All on Cazenove Road has loose dried goods.

Walthamstow: The Veg Hut has a loose foods and detergent refill section as well as fruit and veg.

Wimbledon: Zero has a range of bulk products.

Another zero waste shop for London is currently being crowdfunded.

Also check out this blog post by Kate Arnell on zero waste shopping in London.

Across London, Borough Wines sell refills of red and white wines and olive oil (also look out for their franchises in local shops).

LeChevalier in Bermondsey does wine refills.

For beer refills, Clapton Craft has branches at various locations across London, also check out Growler Swap, which does refills at various sites.

For nut milks, Mylk Man will deliver in returnable glass bottles, and is also available at various stockists across London. See website for more details.

The Tiny Leaf is London’s first zero waste restaurant. It serves surplus organic vegetarian food, with cocktails.

Nine Lives in Borough does zero waste cocktails.

Buck’s Star Beer sells beer in reusable growlers at various farmer’s markets.

UGO Fresh is an app connecting you with London based shops and cafes that are selling surplus food.

The People’s Fridge in Pop Brixton is a community fridge, inspired by the one in Frome, where you can drop off or collect surplus food. It recently featured in this BBC report.

Also check out The Real Junk Food Project London.

The Library of Things in South East London allows you to borrow stuff, like DIY tools, vacuum cleaners, baking trays, gardening kit, tents………a genius idea.

Love Not Landfill has info about where you can donate unwanted clothes across London.

In Walthamstow, The Forest Recycling Project collects things like leftover paint, DIY materials, fabric and paper for recycling. It also organises giveaways and ‘give and take’ days.

The Restart Project  is a ‘social enterprise that encourages and empowers people to use their electronics longer in order to reduce waste.’ It helps people learn to repair their own electronics at restart parties across the city.

Remakery in Brixton is a co-operative workshop using waste materials to create products, art and enterprises.

There’s also a zero waste life meetup group, a minimalists group, a Zero Waste Initiative London. There also a North West London Zero Waste group. You can sign up to receive the Mayor of London’s environmental newsletter here.