Sustainable Living Made Easy,
Big Dreams Practical Approach 🍃
At Big Dreams, we’ve always believed sustainability isn’t about flashy campaigns or following the latest trend, it’s about common sense, practicality, and community-minded choices. For years, we’ve run our store in ways that save resources, reduce waste, and support our local community, all while keeping our business thriving.
Here’s a glimpse into how we do it:
Smart Choices for Staff and Operations
- Transport: We encourage our team to use public transport or carpool whenever possible. Simple, practical, and it helps reduce our footprint.
- Online Orders: Every box and packing material from deliveries we receive is carefully sorted, stored, and reused. This not only reduces waste but also keeps costs down. Anyone who has received an online order from us can vouch, we always use what we have thoughtfully.
- In-Store Bags: Rather than buying new shopping bags, we recycle bags collected by our staff, their families, and from trade shows. This means fewer resources spent and fewer unused bags ending up in landfill.
Fabric, Paper, and Plastic – Reimagined
Even our small details matter. Ribbons? Instead of buying new, we repurpose fabric offcuts from a local garment manufacturer. These touches may seem small, but collectively, they make a meaningful difference.
And our paper for wrapping purchased just every few years in bulk and printed locally!
Our New Reusable Bag Collection Initiative
We’ve noticed something, everyone has more bags than they need! So we’re starting a Reusable Bag Collection in-store.
Here’s how it works:
- Bring in any clean plastic, paper, or fabric bags of all sizes.
- Drop them in our collection basket.
- We’ll reuse them throughout the store, for packing online orders or customer in store orders, and other needs when you just need a bag!
It’s a simple way for our community to take part in practical sustainability. By keeping bags in circulation, we reduce waste, save resources, and extend the life of everyday items.
Why It Matters
Sustainability doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive. At Big Dreams, it’s about doing the sensible thing, involving our staff, and inviting our community to participate. Every small action, every recycled box, every reused bag adds up to a big difference.