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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 2023 1st Quarter
1% Giving Back Recipient

From January 1 - March 31, 2023, 1% of all of Blue Market AK's proceeds will go to Alaska Tribal Conference on Environmental Management. Thank you for shopping with us and allowing us to Give Back and to help connect Alaskans in a collective effort to improve local environmental health. For 27 years, the Alaska Tribal Conference on Environmental Management has been a vital networking space for Tribal environmental professionals from across the state to learn from one another, connect with support organizations and agencies, and discover resources to help assist in efforts to improve local environmental health.

ATCEM is a four-day event consisting of breakout sessions, trainings, keynotes, and fun cultural activities! It brings together environmental professionals from all sectors in Alaska and beyond with the goal to address concerns impacting our state!

What kinds of topics are covered in the ATCEM tracks?
Air & Healthy Homes

Indoor and outdoor air quality
Air quality and home environment impacts to human health
Solutions to creating and maintaining a healthy indoor environment

Climate, Sustainability & Resilience

Climate change impacts, response, and mitigation
Sustainable resource management using Indigenous knowledge and Western technology
Building community resilience
Emergency preparedness and response

Community Health

Mental/behavioral health awareness
Injury prevention related to community activities
Traditional foods and nutrition
Environmental health

Contamination Support/Brownfields

EPA Brownfields program, projects, and funding
Contaminated sites in Alaska
Contamination prevention, assessment, and remediation
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Contaminated Lands Partnership Group

Public Infrastructure

Water, sewer, electric and internet infrastructure
Funding, constructing, and maintaining infrastructure
Climate change and infrastructure
Community infrastructure and public health

Solid & Hazardous Waste

Rural solid waste management and success stories
Education and outreach
Funding opportunities
Backhaul and recycling
Innovative technology

Water Resources

Threats to freshwater and ocean resources
Local efforts to protect resources
Alaska water rights
Monitoring and research

Youth

Funding opportunities
Education and outreach
Programs and projects
Navigating culture when engaging youth
Improving mental health in youth through outdoor activities

1% Giving Back recipients

Alaska Tribal Conference on Environmental Management (current until March 31, 2023)

Past Recipients (since August 2019):
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

2022 Statistics:
WITH just a sampling of our more popular products, we (and our customers) saved over 24,000 pieces of garbage from entering the Landfill in 2022!

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.