Business tips: Try using low-waste hand soaps and dish soaps in your office or store

By Jess Blackwell

​Instead of using liquid hand soaps and hand soap refills that come in plastic bottles or bags, you can consider some of the following lower-waste swaps: 

• Switch to packaging-free bar soaps, which can be found at local low-waste stores, boutique beauty and home stores, and even grocery stores like Bulk Barn. 
• Switch to packaging-free dish soaps, like this solid dish soap from Bare Market;
• If you prefer liquid detergents, you can save your current plastic dispensers and refill them with liquid soaps purchased in bulk from stores like Saponetti or Bare Market. 

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Stores like Saponetti allow you to order hand soaps, dish soaps, and other cleaners and household items in bulk. Better yet, they allow you to collect your refills in glass jars, reducing plastic waste. They also deliver! 

Bare Market also offers refills for liquid dish soap, which you can collect in your own glass jars.
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And, of course, there are other similar refill spots throughout the city, so feel free to check with your local low-waste or eco-conscious shop to see what they have in stock!

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*This post is based on content originally published at lumida.ca/blog.