Zero Waste in Stockholm - City Guide
Are you an environmentally-conscious person new to Stockholm? Or you simply would like to discover more zero waste friendly businesses in our city? Then here is the perfect list for you: a list of places, activities and products that we like and recommend! Did we miss something? Help us keeping this guide up-to-date and share your favourite places and businesses to purchase (or borrow) zero waste-friendly items in Stockholm.
📋 Index
🍶 Reusable products
Hushallet - First zero waste shop in Stockholm
Assortment of food in bulk, cosmetics, cleaning products and others
Antiplasti - Online shop selling plastic free and ZW essentials
Assortment of cleaning products, ZW bags, toys and coffee filters
Iris Hantverk - Wide range of handmade products, usually plastic free and ZW friendly
Granit - Many plastic free and zero waste appliances for home
Refo - Handmade ZW products such as beeswax wraps, bags, jewelry and others from recycled materials
Retuna - First mall with only recycled, reused items
Repamera - Clothes repairing service
EcoSthlm - Sortiment of toys, hygienic product and household appliances, wide range of product for children and adults
Lapland Eco Store - Many plastic free and zero waste friendly products but also clothes, hygienic products and other
Jordklok - Webshop with ZW items and other products
Bokashi - Composter for households
🍴 Kitchen
Cotton bags - Instead of plastic ones for fruits and veggies, available in Iris Hantverk, Jordklok and larger ones are available in Åhléns and other sustainability-friendly stores
Silicon roll - Instead of single-use baking paper
Cleaning products - In Hushållet such as washing detergent, dishwashing liquid, sponges
Beeswax wrap - Instead of a plastic cling foil in Hushållet, Reko and most environmentally conscious shops
🍒 Food waste minimising apps
Olioex - Food and things sharing between people
Too Good To Go - Leftover surprise food boxes from restaurants/shops to fight food waste
Karma - Selected food for half the price because it is near expiration date
🍲 Food and drinks
Unwrapped - Online food shop without packaging:
Hushållet - Variety of bulk food items such as rice, beans, flour etc.
Ekolådan - Organic food delivery service with low plastic wrapping:
Minfarm - Local farm network
Reko Stockholm - Network on facebook with multiple locations
Matsmart - Food that has short expiry
Rescued - Juices made out of rescued fruits
Wijnjas Grosshandel - Ecologically certified cheese and other items
🍴 Cooking
🍽 Restaurants
Sopköket - Restaurant using leftover food from their partners to create new meals
Restaurang labbet - Seasonal, food waste preventing restaurant
Växthuset - Seasonal, local, plant-based restaurant
ReTaste - Seasonal, local restaurant
Dirty Vegan - Virtually zero waste vegan fast food restaurant
K-märkt - Tries to fight food waste
Also check our BYO map with places that accept your container
💦 Hygiene
Malin i Ratan - Webshop but some shops are re-selling their products if you prefer buy in-shop, check out their locations here
Opella - Reusable containers for homemade products + ingredients for cosmetics
Iris Hantverk - Items made out of sustainable material like brushes, dish soaps and much more
Tvål Butiken - Soap shop in Lidingö
Lifelong - Hygiene products packaged in a cellulose-based, compostable packaging
Baron - Hygiene and cleaning products in solid soap bars
🎈 Female hygiene products
Menstrual Cups - Available in most pharmacy stores, here some popular brands:
Menskopp made in Sweden
Lunette made in Finland
Mooncup made in the UK
Organicup made in China
Yuuki cup made in Czechia
Menstrual Pads - Only available in a few selected stores
Imse Vimse - Cloth product for beauty, period and babies
Hushallet - Selection of sanitary products for period
SheThinx - Period proof underwear
👕 Second-hand clothing and other things
Check out our clothes swaps in upcoming events!
For clothes swaps happening in Stockholm, search on social media either for “clothes swap” or “klädbyt”.
🏬 Physical second-hand stores
Stadsmission + Their own clothing brand Remake made with existing clothes
Lindra - Located in Nacka and Skarpnäck
Bye Buy - Second hand dedicated to kids
I recycle - Repaired bicycles to buy
🌐 Online second-hand stores
💍 Clothes and jewellery rental
Something Borrowed - Clothes subscription
Routine - Subscription of designer clothes
Klädoteket - Clothes library = rental of single pieces of clothing.
Hyber - Rental of clothes for kids
Rent a plagg - Gear rental
Snowbox - Jewelry and accessories rental
🎿 Sharing of other things
Grann Saker - Borrowing tools
Hygglo - Rental of various items
Time Village - Skill sharing
Freecycle - Thing sharing
Go more - car sharing
👟 Fair trade and eco clothing and shoes
📦 Furniture and decoration
Greenfc - Sustainable furniture manufacturer
Soeco - Upcycled office furniture
Recreate Design Company - Upcycling furniture
Rekomo - Second-hand design furniture for individuals and offices
📖 Books
Campus Bokhandeln - Buy and sell used books for schools and universities
Bokborsen - Used books, records and films
Also, yay for libraries! They are free and let you read as many books as you like: Stockholm Stadsbiblioteket and other local libraries in different municipalities
🌵 Plants
Join our plants swaps, check our upcoming events!
Facebook group for plant swapping in Stockholm