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2o mnnqupmentgenign Business Week chased from a major food chain manufacturer) kept in 45â€"gallon drums. But not in the same fashion as a bulk store. To the customer, all that is visible are stylish brass dis pensers along the back wall of the store. Behind that wall sit the goods such as low-phocphpt'c laundry detergent and cleaning powders (which are being purâ€" Customers can use whatever container they want to receive the product, whether it be a PAGE 20 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1990 ly container brought from home or one purchased at Generations (to be used over and over again). _ The same method is used for Generations‘ spring water and minculnter.Bothmk:}flin large tanks in the back of the store, and received through disâ€" pensers at the front of the store, again in whatever container the customer chooses. "What people don‘t realize â€" Olaf Weig demonstrates the hopper he uses to dispense his nonâ€"packaged goods to customers. having been in the bottled water business, I‘m aware of this â€" is afâ€" pagkss 5 w B e d ing. If you price spring water is in the supermarket it‘s anywhere from $1.89 to $2.09," Wieg says. "And by the time you take t.l:tflpodm off the shelf, you‘ve paid close to $1 for a white polyethylene container. At this point, it‘s a tough one to recycle, so you end up throwing itâ€"away." packaging, and because he purchâ€" ases in bulk, he estimates he will be able to sell products at 25 per cent below market cost. Other products in the store will include cotton diapers, babyâ€"care Edh,andnfiamrynndggt ing cards made from recycled paper. Wieg says Generations is not intended to take care of all Because Wieg eliminates the grocery ing needs (no food items q:mnb‘m itwillprovigle an envxmmcnully fi-).]flly k p’oducts.m for many household "Our whole emphasis is on the reusable container,‘? Wieg: says. "And the benefit of that is twoâ€" fold: we can offer products at a reduced rate, and we can help the environment. It all makes sense, f RECYCLE Your Chronicle Remember!