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WHO WE ARE

Anchorage’s first “unpackaged” mom-and-mom old-world refillery market. We provide convenient eco-friendly grocery, household and personal care choices for conscious consumers who wish to minimize waste, shop locally, give back and eliminate single-use plastics. A community-centered social enterprise, we give 1% back every day and feature locally made products.

TRANSPARENT

We do the research so you don’t have to! We are transparent about who our vendors are and how our products are made. We vet and label all of our products, and rate them based on our Blue Market Standard of sustainable, humanitarian, community-minded practices.
We are also honest about the waste that we can’t avoid.

SUSTAINABLE

We offer creative sustainable options for purchasing items with re-usable, repurposed, and recycled containers (new, from our "containers lending library," or from your kitchen).
Our Refillery Supports:
Refuse
Reduce
Reuse
Repurpose
Recycle

CONNECTED

Our store is more than just a shopping experience - it is inviting and creative, a conscious community of local vendors, shoppers and concerned citizens who want to change their habits to ensure a healthy planet.
Some ways we contribute:
1% Giving Back Program
Local Makers Pop-ups
Talk & Tinker Tuesdays
Partnerships

our 2024 4th Quarter
1% Giving Back Recipient

We are happy to announce our 4th quarter 1% Giving Back Recipient, Anchorage 4-H. From October 1 - December 31st, 1% of our gross sales will go to this nonprofit. Anchorage 4-H is a vibrant program that encompasses clubs, after-school programming, and day camps. Projects that youth do include civic engagement, healthy living, and STEM.

Anchorage 4-H is a youth outreach program of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service.
Explore Jr. Master Gardener, Archery, STEAM and much more!

Most of our amazing Blue Market AK family. OUR STAFF ROCK!!!

1% Giving Back recipients

Anchorage 4-H
(current until December 31, 2024)

Past Recipients (since August 2019):
REAP (Renewable Energy Alaska Project)
Alaska Farmland Trust
Pinniped Entanglement Group
F.I.S.H. (Friends In Serving Humanity)
Alaska Park Foundation
FIG (Fresh International Gardens)
Alaska Tribal Conference on Environmental Management
Children's Lunchbox / Beans Cafe
Bike Anchorage
Alaska Community Action on Toxics
Alaska Wildlife Alliance
Alaska Common Ground
Cook Inletkeeper
Anchorage Waterways Council
Alaska Food Policy Council
Alaska Sealife Center
Alaska Seeds of Change
AYEA (Alaska Youth for Environmental Action)
Alaska Marine Conservation Council
Friends of Fish Creek

2023/22 Statistics:
WITH just a sampling of our more popular products, we (and our customers) saved over 37,000 pieces of garbage from entering the Landfill in 2023, and 28,000 in 2022!

You can sign up yourself on the Events tab of the website!

WHAT we do

Re-use/ Repurpose / Recycle
Vet vendors for sustainability
Essential grocery, home, health
Refill your containers (or ours)
Support Local Vendors (currently 54% of our vendors are local)
Giving Back - 1% every day
No single-use-plastics
Minimize waste
Build Community

our little blue market cart had a sampling of the products we now carry in our store

why we do it

To ensure that our blue planet's oceans and earth are healthy, sustainable, and endure for generations to come.
To be Anchorage's first neighborhood "unpackaged" refill store.
To foster a shift from quick, disposable shopping to mindful eco-friendly purchasing habits.
To join the global “zero-waste” movement.
To eliminate single-use plastics.
To emphasize sustainable local production.
To be a community-minded social enterprise

HOW we do it

Provide a shopping experience free from one-time-use-plastic-packaging
Alaska made/grown products (~40% currently)
Offer ethically-sourced products: fair trade, repurposed/recycled materials; unpackaged; from companies that give back to their communities
Reduce our carbon footprint
Build a conscious community of environmentally-aware consumers
Give back to earth-friendly causes every day as 1% of our revenue goes to a nonprofit chosen for the quarter.