Reuse Ecover containers for refills

Comments

1. greenlady42 says:

   May 15, 2009 at 11:07 pm

   

   Hooray for the refills ! I’ll just bore everyone again by telling them about my now 4 and a half year old fabric conditioner bottle and still going strong ! just think how many plastic bottles that’s kept out of the landfill. Also have a year old washing up liquid bottle - the problem there is that the hinge on the caps break.
2. John Costigane says:

   May 16, 2009 at 6:07 am

   

   Ecover refill systems are ace, Mrs Green. Reduce is a big part with plastic bottles vastly diminished. I use a single plastic bottle for the day to day dish washing. A non-plastic replacement for this would be longer lasting.
3. Mrs Green says:

   May 18, 2009 at 7:24 am

   

   @greenlady42: You know you can’t bore us with such stories, Greenlady; it does feel good, doesn’t it? And you’re right; imagine how many bottles you’ve kept out of the landfill in all that time.

   @John Costigane: Glad you’re liking the refills John. A non-plastic replacement would be good; I’m not sure what that might be though. Any ideas?
4. greenlady42 says:

   May 20, 2009 at 12:29 am

   

   well yes exactly, although I am not a fan of many forms of plastic, I think if it has to exist as a container, lets make use of its toughness and refill the bugger time after time after time… and again I make the point that shops and customers should be moving slowly but inexorably towards the old fashioned type of shopping where things were wrapped up in sustainable materials and you also took your own containers to be refilled for many things !
5. Mrs Green says:

   May 23, 2009 at 4:10 pm

   

   Hi Greenlady, I hear you.
   Since the site overhaul, I’ve had a couple of people mention to me that they read about the ‘take your own reusable container’ idea and hadn’t thought of it, but they were going to start doing it. So you never know who is going to watch what you are doing and start doing the same
6. Peter says:

   July 29, 2009 at 12:14 pm

   

   At risk of sending anyone to our currently ’sensitive’ site (post new upgrade), for where refills are not an option ecover a while ago added all their products to http://www.junkk.com (check Ideas under ‘E’) and even got some students to kickstart some reuse ideas.
7. Mrs Green says:

   August 2, 2009 at 6:45 pm

   

   Fab ideas - thanks Peter; there are so many to choose from!
8. Rob Whittle, NAIL2 says:

   December 20, 2009 at 4:29 am

   

   All

   Of interest, Good clip, this month,

   Effecorta Lucca,Tuscany

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roiC2b_RTqk

   Rob
9. Mrs Green says:

   December 20, 2009 at 3:04 pm

   

   @Rob Whittle, NAIL2: How inspiring! Thanks so much Rob - everyone should watch this, take note and learn!
10. Helen Baker says:

    January 14, 2010 at 12:13 pm

    

    I have looked into this earlier in the year and there are two places near me that refill Ecover products, the problem is I can buy a new carton of Ecover laundry liquid for £4.49 at the supermarket and it costs between £5 and £6 to refill it a refill station. Great idea but it needs to be cost effective. I have thought about buying in bulk and filling myself its just the issue of storing the bulk items.
11. Mrs Green says:

    January 14, 2010 at 9:52 pm

    

    @Helen Baker: Hi Helen, how annoying for you. Our refill station is an absolute bargain. Buying in bulk is cost effective, but like you say you need storage. Are there friends you could buy with?
12. Mrs C says:

    March 3, 2011 at 9:53 pm

    

    I know this is an old post that I’m commenting on, but I’m having exactly the same problem as @Helen Baker with the cost of refills. So much so that I’ve blogged about it here: http://mrsc.typepad.co.uk/being_mrs_c/2011/03/it-costs-how-much.html

    Would be very interested to hear if others are suffering the same problems.

    Mrs C x
13. Mrs Green says:

    March 6, 2011 at 9:01 am

    

    @Mrs C: Hi Mrs C, well that did seem a lot from your post! Over here it was definitely £1 cheaper last time I bought it, so well worth it…