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Ideas for dealing with home cleaning refillables? (self.askuk)

submitted 4 months ago by frazorth to c/askuk

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We are currently in a silly situation when dealing with refillable products for home, and I was wondering if anyone else had any ideas.

If I wanted shower gel (for example), all the refillable locations require a bottle with the capacity printed on it, and for it to be empty. And basically I don't want to wait until my shower gel is out completely before getting any more, so I would want an intermediate container however I cannot find a 1l bottle that has the capacity embossed on it so that I can take it to the refill station, and bring it home. I really don't want to buy another small plastic bottle with the capacity on a paper label that does one refill of the gel, and would have to be replaced when the label comes off.

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[–] HumanPenguin 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Just a thought, would they sell into an open measuring jug.

Then transfer to old bottle of some form as you leave?

Gets a bit more complex if buying multiple items. As you would need to carry multiple jugs plus bottles.

I spose if they provided their own jugs. They would be unable to sell overpriced bottles?

[–] frazorth 1 points 4 months ago

Interesting thought. A measuring jug would be awkward, but not impossible.