Actual state of packaging-free store in Japan-Focusing on efforts to reduce containers and packaging waste-

Abstract

I conducted an interview survey of two retailers who are already selling non-perishable foods by packaging-free, in order to clarify the issues that arise during the sales process as well as during the receiving and transportation processes, and how they are solving these possible problems. It was found that hygiene concerns, which had been an issue in the past, were no different from those of supermarkets in that an unspecified number of people come into contact with the products, and that gravity-type fixtures can be used to fill the food without direct contact. Due to the use of the latest technology, and the existence of routes to receive products without generating container and packaging waste, it was thought that it would be possible to sell only the contents of the product in a bring-your-own container in the future.