Two shops shunning plastic packaging
By DW
03 March 2019 |
4:03 pm
From an Amsterdam supermarket which has become the first in the world to open a plastic-free section to a Berlin store which has cut out plastic completely: we visit two pioneering stores taking a stand against waste.
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