Jarajar is a cool new innovative business in Cape Town where you can shop online to order a whole bunch of food products such as nuts, grains, pasta or rice, spices; you know, all the stuff you use in your kitchen!

The beauty of it, is that all your products get delivered (actually ‘Green delivered‘) to you in glass jars that you rent from Jarajar. This way there is minimal waste and no packaging whatsoever to deal with!

“Rent a wonderful, recyclable, eco-friendly glass jar. Empty jar? Return it and get your deposit back.”

There is a small R80 deposit fee for the glass jar. You keep the jars with your delivered goodies in them and once they run out, you make another order. When delivering your new order, you can hand over the empty jars, get your deposit back and continue on making the Earth a better more cleaner place for everyone!

The why behind Jarajar

“Life is not just about people. It is about living in harmony with nature. In the island nation of Japan, traditional wisdom called for people to live according to nature’s cycles. It is not enough to consider our short time on the earth; we must contemplate the health and prosperity of the environment that will be home to future generations one hundred and even one thousand years from now. The true meaning of environmental awareness is understanding how to interact with nature and how to live truly sustainable lifestyles.”

If you’re thinking about the environment, glass is the better choice. Let’s collectively reduce our carbon footprint by cultivating ethical consumption and better recycling behaviors and habits.

“The goal is for glass to be produced, used, recovered, cleaned and re-used again. This will be the smallest possible impact on the environment.”

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Packaging-free supermarkets are the newest way to live a zero-waste life. Order your groceries with us! We promise you will like this way of shopping —————————————— #jarajar #plasticfreesupermarket #oranjezichtmarket #vandawaterfront #yogacapetown #zerowasteliving #capetown #houtbay #healthyfood #capetownguide #capetownlife #organic #proudlysouthafrican

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Green Delivery

“In short, green delivery is the most productive way of transporting goods. Either cluster deliveries all together until the delivery truck is full before sending it out for delivery, or consider using a carbon-efficient transport such as bicycles, e-bikes or electric vehicles.”

They did a questionnaire and the results showed that 88% of customers don’t mind waiting longer for a delivery if it meant that there were less emissions and congestion as a result of a more efficient delivery method.

Delivery is free if you order over R400 worht of products or more and they do offer Green Delivery for free.

Delivery areas in South Africa

• Cape Town Area
• Fishhoek
• Muizenberg
• Stellenbosch 
• Somerset west

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Loaded with protein! Chickpea pasta also deserves all of the public recognition it can get. Compared to traditional wheat-based pasta, a traditional 2-ounce serving size has slightly less calories, double the fiber, and up to double the protein. ———————————— #jarajar

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Contact details

• info[at]jarajar.co.za
• jarajar.co.za

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Check out some videos of it on this instagram post and for more details have a look at the full post on QOO.co.za

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#Pnp constantia testing out a #packagefree section is just awesome! Hope it extends to other shops #picknpay . #zerowasteshop #packagefreeshop #food #vegetarian #fruit #foodphotography #foodie #zerowaste #gogreen #compost #reduce #reuse #reducewaste #xiaomi #mi8 #takenbymi8 #shotbymi #photography #capetown #southafrica

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My pantry consists of second hand jars and reused glass containers from the supermarket lol. These are all the items I’ve been able to take home from @loesmarket – the rest of my groceries I get from conventional grocery stores, I avoid plastic and opt for glass, tins and cardboard. Check out my channel for specific tips #zerowaste #zerowastefood #zerowastelife #lesswaste #plasticfree #noplastic #eco #gogreen #vegan #veganfood #plantbased #lowimpactmovement #lowimpact #gogreen #govegan #sustainability #sustainablefood #pantry #pantrygoals #packagefree #bulk #reuse

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Are you just as crazy about glass jars as I am? I get my jars second hand from thrift stores or by re-using the glass containers from the grocery store lol, no need to buy fancy jars, there are so many functional containers everywhere #zerowaste #zerowastefood #zerowastelife #lesswaste #plasticfree #noplastic #eco #gogreen #vegan #veganfood #plantbased #nobuy #nospend #lowimpactmovement #lowimpact #gogreen #govegan #sustainability #sustainablefood #reuse #zeropackaging

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I shall call this series “the ugly truth of sustainable travel” because boi do I look great when I drink cider from my reusable water bottle, but I don’t mind looking stupid for the planet lol #zerowaste #zerowastelife #zerowastehome #zerowastetravel #lesswaste #eco #noplastic #plasticfree #sustainable #sustainability #lowimpactmovement #lowimpact #kleankanteen #gogreen #govegan

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Sustainable while travelling is more than just possible, it’s becoming downright easy. I bring a few essentials with me, like my spork and a water bottle, otherwise I seek out places with reusable (or eatable lol) plates, vegan food and fresh tap water #zerowaste #zerowastefood #zerowastehome #lesswaste #plasticfree #noplastic #sustainabletravel #sustainability #lowimpactmovement #lowimpact #eco #vegan #govegan #gogreen #veganfood #vegans #compostable

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