Retro milk float brings Londoners zero-plastic groceries


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Founder of Topup Truck, Shone (right) serving a customer from her electric milk float converted into a zero waste shop, which brings "packaging-free" shopping to people's doors, in east London. Photo: AFP

Ella Shone's small electric truck used to deliver milk but now she drives it around London, selling groceries and household goods that are free of plastic packaging.

The 32-year-old bought her "top-up truck" last year after the first coronavirus lockdown got her thinking about innovative ways to reduce waste.

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