Local Resources

Local Sustainable Retailers


Here we log a selection of shops and services close to South Cerney whose commitment to eco goods, reducing single-use packaging and recycling can help each of us to make more sustainable choices.


Small steps, maybe, but social scientists have found that when one person makes a sustainability-oriented decision, others will too. So we’re not acting alone. In fact our collective impact on health, environmental and social issues can be considerable - in boosting the local economy by spending with small and medium sized businesses, for instance, or combating food air miles by supporting local producers.


This directory is just a start. Please tell us about your own discoveries, or report any corrections, here so we can share them with the Cerney community.

South Cerney


Milk and More

Delivers glass-bottled milk to your door three days per week as well as a varied range of dairy and organic products, including fruit and veg box schemes with much less plastic packaging than supermarkets.

Find out more and shop online, or via the app (available in the App Store and Google Play).

Nuboo Store

A general store supplying planet friendly, natural alternatives for the kitchen, bathroom, hair care and food and drink on the go.

Find out more and shop online, or visit at Cirencester Charter Market in the Market Square most Mondays and Fridays.

Fenton’s Community Centre, Teal Way

Recycle oral care products, crisp packets, Pringles cans and Ella’s baby food pouches not currently accepted by local council recycling schemes.

There are separate collection boxes for:

  • Any brand of plastic toothbrushes (including battery/electric toothbrush heads), toothpaste tubes and caps, toothbrush outer packaging and cartons
  • Any brand of crisp packets; any size of Pringle cans, tops and seals
  • Ella’s baby food pouches and caps, and snack packets/porridge pouches

This waste is collected quarterly for delivery to a Terracycle drop-off point in Cheltenham. Terracycle collectors earn points that can be redeemed as financial donations to the charity of their choice.

Cirencester


Cirencester Farmers' Market

Features many stalls selling fresh locally produced food and drink - from baked goods, beer and wine to poultry, game, fruit and veg.

Visit in the Market Square, from 9am until 2.30pm on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month.


Holland & Barrett

Ethique, which claims to be the world’s first zero-waste beauty brand, is available from Holland & Barrett stores. Its natural beauty bars are free of plastic, cruelty-free and are entirely plant-based – with all bars suitable for vegans. Ethique uses biodegradable ingredients as well as compostable packaging.

Find out more, or visit their shop at 24 Cricklade Street.


The Market Garden

Independent greengrocer also selling range of locally produced baked goods and food. Cardboard containers (for tomatoes, soft fruit etc) widely used instead of plastic with contents transferred to paper bags at the till.

Visit shop at 16 Dyer Street.


M&S Simply Food

Accepts the return of single-use plastic food packaging in the special bin provided.

Store location: 42 Dyer Street.

Tesco

Accepts plastic packaging not commonly recycled by local councils in a special booth outside the store:

  • Crisp, chocolate, rice cake packets
  • Sweets and biscuit wrappers
  • Pet food, baby food pouches
  • Drink pouches (e.g. Caprisun)
  • Yogurt tubes
  • Cling film, multi-pack film, film lids
  • Any plastic bag used for fruit and veg, bread, pasta, and tissue bags.

The waste is sent for recycling to the scheme’s partner - Recycling Technologies - which turns it into Plaxx oil, a crude oil equivalent used in a range of industrial applications.

Store locations: Tesco Extra at Kings Meadow and Tesco Metro at Farrell Close.

Waitrose

Accepts your own pots or lidded containers at the deli counter in lieu of the plastic ones supplied. You can also transfer plastic tubbed fruit and veg into compostable bags and leave the single use wrapping in the waste bin by the store entrance. Note: do this after checkout as the barcodes on the original tubs are required for pricing.

The Cheltenham store has a range of dry goods that you can buy loose.

Store location: Sheep Street in Cirencester and Cheltenham.

Further Afield


The Organic Farm Shop, Abbey Home Farm - 7 miles

Produces much of its own food for sale, including unhomogenised milk (sold from a dedicated milk vending machine - use your own bottles, or buy in-store), yogurt, cream, soft cheeses, fruit and veg. Store cupboard essentials, as well as household and personal products, are available from gravity feed and tap dispensers. Bring your own containers and buy as little or as much as you need.

Find out more, or visit shop at Abbey Home Farm, Burford Road.

Loose, Stroud - 16 miles

Offers a chance to shop for basic provisions, personal care and household items without unwanted plastic packaging. All Loose produce is organic, other items are Fairtrade or ethically sourced. Just bring along your own containers (or buy upcycled ones in-store).

Find out more, or visit shop at 4 Lansdown, Stroud.

Stroud Valley Projects Eco Shop, Stroud - 16 miles

Sells a wide range of new eco products and environmentally friendly brands of cleaning product refills as well as offering a variety of recycling programmes to raise funds for Stroud Valley Projects. The charity works with local community groups and volunteers to discover and nurture local wildlife and green spaces.

Find out more, or visit shop at 8 Threadneedle Street, Stroud.

Greenshop, Bisley - 20 miles

One of the UK's leading eco retailers selling a wide selection of environmentally friendly, Fairtrade and organic gifts and products covering bodycare, cleaning products, home and garden, natural paints, and food and drink. Part of the Greenshop group of companies which also supplies rainwater harvesting systems and renewable energy supply and installation.

Find out more and shop online, or visit store at Holbrook Garage, Calf Way, Bisley.


FoodLoose and Plastic Free, Cheltenham - 22 miles

Cheltenham’s new loose foods and refills shop, supplying a range of organic and Fairtrade dried goods and a variety of refillable household and personal cleaning products, wax wraps, loose toilet rolls, bamboo toothbrushes, re-useable coffee cups and much more.

Find out more, or visit their shop at the Global Footsteps cafe, 16 Portland Street, Cheltenham.