NEW IN REUSE: An Attractive Solution to Soggy Soap, Curbside Recyclable Refill Pouch, & New & Improved Reusable Nappies
What’s new in reuse this month? An attractive solution to soggy soap, curbside recyclable refill pouch, new and improved reusable nappies, and more new multi-use, circular, compostable, and plastic free products…
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HERE’S WHAT’S NEW IN REUSE THIS MONTH:
WGAC’s New Sister Brand Offering Hair & Body Bars
Who Gives a Crap (WGAC) has welcomed a new sister brand, Good Time, to the family. Its plastic-free hair and body products include a shampoo bar, a conditioner bar and three different body bars.
You can now get your toilet paper and bathroom bars delivered together plastic free. And, just like Who Gives A Crap, Good Time donates 50% of profits to clean water initiatives.
Suss them out here (AU & US & coming to the UK soon)
An Attractive Solution to Soggy Soap – A Magnetic Soap Saver
Not new, but worth a shoutout for its ingenuity and ability to offer an excellent solution to a problem that faces many zero wasters! Beauty & the Bees’ Magnetic Air Dry Soap Saver is a wall mounted and magnetic soap holder that prolongs the life of soap bars. It holds your soap bar aloft in the air using a magnet that is squeezed into the soap bar, allowing it to dry fully due to minimal contact points. It will help keep your bathroom vanity and shower neat, tidy and soggy-soap free.
It is made from sustainably sourced beechwood and is easy to install.
Get one here
Refillable Dish Spray in Australia’s First Ever Curbside Recyclable Pouch
A dish spray kit and refillable dish spray have been added to Koh’s range of eco-friendly, allergy friendly, simplified low waste home cleaning system. Its dish spray, which comes in refill pouch to reduce plastic (by up to 90%!), is sprayed onto dishes, which are then wiped and rinsed.
The refill pouch it comes in is also Australia’s first ever curbside recyclable pouch!
Check out Koh’s range here (AU) (you can currently get 50% off Koh starter kits)
New Sustainable Haircare Refills
Bower Collective has new sustainable haircare refills. Its new Beach Coconut Shampoo & Conditioner is specially formulated with natural ingredients to leave your hair nourished and healthy without damaging the planet in the process.
Bower Collective provides a huge range of home and personal care products in reusable packaging. Its products are either plastic-free or arrive in its refill pouches, which are free to return in the provided pre-paid envelope for reuse and recycling.
Find them here (UK)
New & Improved Reusable Nappies
Modibodi’s reusable, leak-proof nappies have just got better with an updated design that now features press studs and adjustable tabs that will grow with your bub. The new innovative patent-pending design makes it easier to switch from disposable nappies to reusable. Modibodi reusable nappies are one size fits most.
They are easy to wash, comfy and dry for babies to wear and safe for delicate baby skin, and the waterproof outer layer protects against leaks.
Find them here
Fanny Pack Made from Reused Industrial Fabric Waste
United by Blue’s (RE)ACTIVE Fanny Pack is made from recycled nylon that saves industrial waste from going to landfill. The perfect fanny pack, they are lightweight, water resistant, sleek and small but roomy, and made from reused material.
United by Blue makes many 100% recycled fabric products, including a 9 litre backpack, collapsible dog bowl, dog collars, and carry cases for all your reusables.
Find them here (US)
Recycled Tire Slides & Flip Flops
1.5 billion tires are discarded each year. Indosole recycles these tires and uses the resulting powder in its footwear. It creates slides and thongs (or flip flops, slip slops, or jandals or whatever you want to call them) that have a 100% recycled tire sole and overall are 40% recycled tire, 30% natural rubber and 30% new material.
See them here (AU)
One-Of-A-Kind Hemp & Cotton Products
Life Without Plastic’s Sativa line of one-of-a-kind hemp and cotton products are high quality, functional, and practical. These beautifully made items include various bags, such as backpacks, satchels, shoulder bags, festival pouches, and business bags, laptop sleeves, and sunhats and caps.
Browse the range here (US)
SAVE ON REUSE
Wama’s Cyber Monday has been extended for another 3 days. 30% OFF your order of their hemp underwear here.
From Dec 10 to Dec 20, EarthHero (US) will have 15% off last-minute gifts (and will plant 10 trees per order)
From now till December 4 save up to $150 on all refurbished tech in Decluttr US Cyber Week Sale. It sells refurbished phones, tablets, e-readers, wearables, consoles, MacBooks, and laptops.
The same deal goes for Music Magpie for those in the UK, although it’s £150 instead. The sister online electronic store sells the same refurbished tech products in the UK.
NEWLY ADDED TO OUR SITE:
We’ve added Koh to our Return & Refill Revolution: 5 Industries Creating Local Circular Economies blog post.
Koh offers a refillable home cleaning kit that comes with a universal cleaner that can be used on most surfaces around your home, including: kitchen benches and table tops, greasy ovens and stovetops, bathroom tiles and shower screens, mirrors and windows, and most floor types including wooden floorboards, laminates and tiles. This simplifies eco-friendly home cleaning completely! And its cleaner contains no harsh chemicals, fumes or fragrances. It is eco-certified by Good Environmental Choice Australia (GECA) and certified by the National Asthma Council Australia’s Sensitive Choice™ program as being Allergy friendly and approved. You can get Koh’s Universal Cleaner in a 4 litre refill box and its Dish Spray in a 1.5 litre refill pouch.
We’ve added the newly released book Earth Restorer's Guide to Permaculture by Rosemary Morrow to our All the Best Books on Sustainability, the Environment and Activism blog post.
How we can collectively continue the task of Earth restoration is shared in this hopeful, practical and evidence-based guide that encourages individuals, communities, cities and businesses to take action. Find it here: Book Depository (AU/UK)
NEWLY ADDED TO OUR WHERE TO SHOP WASTE FREE IN AUSTRALIA MAP:
Cannings Free Range Butchers, which accepts BYO containers at its 9 retail stores around Melbourne, VIC
L'Occitane En Provence in the Doncaster Westfield has a refill station to refill your bottles of shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, soap, and shower oil.
Tofu Shoten, which sells tofu to take home for home cooking in West Melbourne
Only One Earth, which is a new hub for sustainable products in Darwin
Bomo Bulk, a bulk food store in Nowra, NSW
NEWLY ADDED TO OUR LOW WASTE, LOCAL GROCERIES & BULK FOOD DELIVERIES DIRECTORY:
Pepper Leaf – an Australia-wide meal kit service that reduces food waste and plastic waste by using recycled boxes and paper bags and as little plastic as it possibly can.
Graina Zero - 400+ products in re-usable and returnable jars at standard delivery prices to suburbs around Melbourne with no subscription, deposit or minimum order