India’s 15 Incredible Zero Waste Stores at Your Disposal

Are you trying to find a way to live a zero waste life? Or are you trying to find an alternative to those chemically loaded plastics laying around your house.... or are you just trying to live a more sustainable or minimal life in general? 

Well, living a zero waste life is a great decision you are making for yourself and this planet, but when it comes to finding a zero-waste store, we all know it’s a bit of a struggle. 

To make things easier for you, we have listed down 15 amazing zero waste stores in India. 

Sorted, nay?? 

1. Ecoindian

Started by two childhood friends Prem Antony and Pradeep Kumar in 2018, Ecoindian is the first zero waste store in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It promotes organic and natural foods and sustainable life products. The source is local artisans, organic farmers, self-help groups and non-mass producing brands. Eco-Indian has a BYOC policy – Bring Your Own Container – to avail 5% discount which separates them from other zero waste stores.

2. Ecoposro

Started by the two childhood friends, Jonah and Eldridge in April 2018, Ecoposro is Goa‘s first zero waste all-purpose store. Ecoposro offers basic groceries and daily household essentials. They also offer steel tiffin, copper bottles and recycled stationery items. The vegetables sold are organically farmed without pesticides and fertilizers.

3. Adrish

Adrish is the chain of zero waste organic stores started in Pune in 2018, co-founded by Gajendra Chaudhary and Akshay Agarwal. Whether it be Ayurvedic powders, super foods or fruits and vegetables, you will find it all in Adrish. It also offers a large variety of products such as authentic handloom sarees, marks and carpets, cutlery and fragrances. Customers have to bring their own containers or bags to carry their product and they also rent containers. Adrish is connected with 8000 farmers in India for their supply of organic products.

4. 7-9 Green Store

7to9 green store being the first plastic free store in Kerala, founded by Bittu John, an MTech holder, follows a great concept of BYOC- bring your own container. In 7 to9, customers are given a flat 2% discount on bringing their own containers to curb the use of plastic. They also rent glass bottles to bring the motto of reuse, reduce, recycle into action. 

5. Muditha Zero Waste

Muditha Zero Waste is a Hyderabad-based brand launched in 2019 is India’s first zero waste online supermarket. From groceries to beauty products, you will find it all in here. You will get brands like Ancient Living, Earthly Sapo, Bamboo India. Their products are packed in Bento boxes which are 100% biodegradable, compostable and reusable. Even the delivery is done in electric bikes for zero pollution.

6. Bare Necessities

Founded by Shahnoor Mansoor, Bare necessities is all about believing in less is more, and offers eco-friendly products to live an earth friendly lifestyle. They ship all over India and use recycled paper and reusable glass jar for packaging. Their products are sourced from local farmers and vendors. They emphasize the employment of women. In conclusion, whether it be cosmetic products or daily items for your living, you will find it all in here.

7. Green Mantra

It was founded by three women, Prachee Mandelkar, Debyani Basu and  Shikha Agarwal in Bengaluru. Green Mantra offers a wide range of organic and plastic free products from grocery, dairy and bakery to sustainable menstruation products. They work with schools, apartments and cooperates too to spread awareness about waste management. They do conduct workshops on how to live a sustainable lifestyle which sets them apart from other overseas stores.

8. Kolkata Zero Waste Bazaar

It was founded by green warrior Lata Bhatia and follows the principle of 5R-reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse and rot. Kolkata Zero Waste Bazaar offers a wide variety of reusable, organic, handmade, and up-cycled products. You will find steel and copper utensils as well as grains, oil and various herbs. In addition, They also sell items like steel straws, bamboo toothbrush and wooden combs at much cheaper rates. 

9. Scentora

For those who are vegan and want a zero waste life, Scentora is a go- to place. It is founded by two women, Ambica Gayathri and Brunda Sreedar. Scentora sells zero waste vegan handmade products at affordable rates. Whether it be face care, body care or even hair care products, you will find it all in here. The packaging is very minimal and is done using reusable containers or cardboard boxes. They even use envelopes for small orders.

10. Treewear

Treewear is a sustainable lifestyle brand founded by Mishal and Mikail Pardiwala in 2016. It offers a wide range of products starting from Deo, hand sanitizers to lip balms and insect repellents at an affordable rate. They also offer apparels which are made from GOTS certified organic cotton. For each product you will buy, they will plant a tree as a part of their afforestation project and you can track it also. Sounds cool, no?

11. The Organic World

Living a sustainable and zero-waste life has never been this easy for Bangaloreans. The Organic World is a Bangalore-based zero waste online store founded by SD Shibulal. It brings you everything from organic food staples like rice, pulses and fruits and veggies to cruelty free skin care and daily household products.

12. Zero Waste Store Hyderabad

Zero Waste Store Hyderabad was founded by a couple named Jyothi and Pankaj, who were inspired by Ecoindian and wanted something similar in Hyderabad. It offers you all the kitchen items like pulses, coffee, oil and also skincare and utensils. They do have bath essentials like handmade soap and shampoo made from natural ingredients. Therefore, If you want bamboo products and cutlery, they have this also. Amazing right?

13. Geosmin

Geosmin is founded by Raghuvir Panaghanti. It offers a wide variety of products such as toothbrush, straws, cutlery and so on. Therefore, their products are generally made from bamboo and wheat straws. All of their products are compostable and merge with the soil.

14. For Earth Sake

For Earth's Sake is a cafe cum store. It is founded by a brother-sister duo named Vidur Mayor and Vidushi Mayor in Gurgaon. The store offers steel and copper bottles, vegan soaps, metal and bamboo straws and eco-friendly stationery. In addition, the cafe offers a wide variety of snacks such as Croissants, puffs, cookies, pastries, along with a variety of coffee.

15. Brown Living

Brown Living is founded by Chaitsi Ahuja with the motto of producing eco-friendly products to live a sustainable lifestyle. Above all, they also support small businesses and promote them. Their store offers about 2000+ products which are made of bamboo, copper, cotton, jute, neem wood and other organic materials which are chemical and cruelty free.

In conclusion, these are some of the amazing zero waste stores in India which can help you to lead a sustainable life. We hope you found this useful. However, comment down if you know more zero waste stores in India. We will love to know.

Above all, also Read:- 20 Sustainability Leaders Who are Paving the Way for a Better and Sustainable India