ECOVER do all of these products and you can get your plastic bottle refilled. To find where Ecover have a refill station check the postcode search on their site
TOILET CLEANER
LAUNDRY LIQUID,
FABRIC SOFTENER,
MULTISURFACE CLEANER,
Washing up liquid (other options here)
You can find more about liquid cleaners here including how to make your own
If you cant get to a refill station try getting a refill by post….
Splosh
This is an online refill service. A new way to buy your home cleaning, laundry and health & beauty essentials.
You buy the starter pack which includes a range of bottles and concentrate product. You water down the product and fill the bottles. Thereafter you buy more concentrate on line and refill your bottles as needed.
Some products come in soluble pods which you drop into water; others in plastic pouches which can be sent back to be refilled or recycled. While the refillable plastic pouches obviously are plastic (duh) the soluble pods sound useful.
They supply a wide range of products. But “currently the surface cleaners and hand washes come in water soluble sachets and the rest come in pouches.”
Splosh also claim that the postal packaging for the starter kit and refills is also plastic free. Though according to some reviews they come with some plastic.
Here’s their mission statement. “Plastic waste is an environmental disaster and we’re committed to reducing it to zero. For each product we’ve designed a refilling system that takes plastic out of the waste stream. For example our pouches can be sent back for refilling and, at the end of their life, we manage their reprocessing into other products”
You can read more about how it works and order products here HERE
If anyone out there has used this product please let me know.
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Thanks for the info. RE ecover.sadly Not all plasticfree options are perfect from all perspectives. Have to choose your battles. I have no experience of these other products. Anyone want to write a guest post?
I’m not sure if you know, but Ecover are now owned by SC Johnsons and Son and although they run a refill service,in the UK the refill liquids are contained in a mixed plastic bag which cannot be recycled. The Ethical Consumer organisation give Ecover a mere 6.9 marks out of 20 for sustainabilitiy. Bio D and Ecoleaf are both available as refills which come in a hard plastic container which the companies take back for recycling.
RT @plasticSrubbish: @njholderness @boozychef @EcoverUK and other products find a refill place here https://t.co/qkyZ0kZ4GI
@njholderness @boozychef @EcoverUK and other products find a refill place here https://t.co/qkyZ0kZ4GI
Another interesting article on the subject here It is in permanent consultation with NGOs like Friends of the Earth that are very sceptical about synthetic biology. Under their pressure, Ecover has postponed the use of this particular algal oil. Talks between parties do go on. Ecover’s long-term innovation manager Tom Domen says that they would like to keep this process as transparent as possible, and that proponents and opponents should get equal treatment in the forum. The company must be lauded for its openness. Whereas others, including Solazyme, have become very hesitant indeed in their communication.http://www.biobasedpress.eu/2015/03/can-products-from-synthetic-biology-be-sustainable/
According to http://www.science20.com/genetic_literacy_project/why_does_the_public_worry_about_gm_foods_but_embrace_biotech_medicine-155644
The company (Ecover) recently decided to substitute a vegetable oil produced by Solazyme by modified algae for palm kernel oil as the feedstock for its detergents (palm kernel oil being regarded by many environmentalists to have a poor sustainability record). And – this being the point here – it decided to announce this project before embarking upon it. This project too became the object of criticism of Friends of the Earth. As a result of that opposition, Ecover shelved its plans for the time being. Both parties agreed to engage in a mediation process, that still goes on at the time of writing.May 20th 2015 07:30 AM
Don’t know if they have gone ahead with this yet.
Ecover also support the nuclear and GMO industries…. 🙁