Archive of Zero-Waste Pioneers

Bepakt was a knowledge base on zero-waste grocery stores — built mainly by Rutger Muller, Guus Rietbergen and Giulia Saladino. It’s now an archive.

Our Index of Zero-Waste Shops gives a chronological overview of the market’s expansion its first 12 years: 2007-2019.

We published two research papers:

  • Giulia Saladino’s MA Thesis, 2018, Utrecht University
  • Donatienne Ista’s MA Thesis, 2019, Maastricht University

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Thanks go out to the dozens of passionate people who contributed and/or supported us. Too many to mention, sorry!

A shout out to Thijs van Engeland (logo design), Ricky van Broekhoven, Olga Vokálová, Remko Dijksma, Georgio Daher, Savina Istas, Thijs Maartens, Catherine Conway.