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When it comes to the environment, it makes sense that bulk buying is a greener alternative to buying smaller quantities. There is less packaging involved than with traditional retail packaging.

When you buy a large amount of the same product, there is only a minimal amount of packaging involved. Your purse also sees the effects. For example, a 5 Kg bag of good potatoes costs £1.99 at our local Sainsbury’s, about 40p per kilo. But I can buy a 25Kg sack of the same variety for £2.99 at the market or farm shops; that’s only about 12p per kilo.

Other items which you can make substantial savings on are toilet rolls, cleaning products and laundry liquids. You can also join a bulk-buying group, where people band together to buy things at the price that retailers buy them at. 

I have found that most of the Eco online retailers also offer bulk buy options on purchase and even sell the 5lt Ecover bottle  saving even more on waste.

Click here to see which retailers offer bulk but products online.