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Inside The Refillery, reducing plastic waste through home essentials

Inside The Refillery, reducing plastic waste through home essentials
REFILLERY. WE ARE ALL ABOUT REDUCING SINGLE USE, PACKAGING AND SINGLE USE PLASTIC INSIDE THE REFILLERY PITTSBURGH, A MURRAY AVENUE BOUTIQUE LIQUID SHAMPOOS CONDITIONERS, BODY WASH, LAUNDRY DETERGENT, HAND SOAP, DISH SOAP AND AN ARRAY OF SCENTS AND UNSCENTED PRODUCTS. BODY CREAMS, SHAMPOO AND CONDITIONER BARS, HIGH END SKINCARE. YOU’LL FIND A RANGE OF PRODUCTS, MUCH OF IT LOCALLY PRODUCED. BUT YOU WON’T FIND SINGLE USE PLASTIC PACKAGING. SO IF YOU BRING YOUR OWN OR IF YOU GRAB SOMETHING OFF THE COMMUNITY SHELF, WE WEIGH IT BEFOREHAND. YOU CAN PURCHASE A PRETTY BOTTLE OR GRAB A SANITIZE JAR FROM THE COMMUNITY SHELF. I CHOSE THE FREE JAR SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SET THAT UP THERE. AND THEN WE’LL TEAR IT. YOU’LL SEE THAT 8.7 GO TO ZERO AND THEN GO AHEAD AND GRAB IT. OKAY. I NEEDED SOME DRY SHAMPOO. THIS SMELL GOOD. IT DOES, YEAH. IT HAS THAT COCOA SMELL, WHICH I ENJOY. THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST REFILLS THAT I GOT, BUT IT WAS BECAUSE SOMETHING THAT I USE A LOT AND I WANTED TO GET A NONTOXIC AND REFILLABLE OPTION ON. I WEIGH MY PRODUCT. RUSSO CALCULATE WHAT’S THE PRICE AND THIS OLD SALSA JAR HAS NEW LIFE HOLDING MY DRY SHAMPOO. SO FAR, THE REFILLERY PITTSBURGH HAS KEPT MORE THAN 13,000 CONTAINERS OUT OF LANDFILLS. I’M A NUMBERS PERSON. AS A FORMER ENGINEER, I WANT TO MEASURE EVERYTHING THAT I CAN SO IT’S A BIG NUMBER. I LIKE TO SEE THAT. BUT OF COURSE, ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, WHAT IT MEANS TO ME IS THE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER AND DOING THAT FROM BATHROOM PRODUCTS. OF COURSE, ALL OF OUR SHAMPOOS IN LIQUID AND BAR FORM ARE COLOR SAFE, SULFATE FREE AND THEN JUST BY FORMULA MOISTURIZING, VOLUMIZING, WHATEVER YOU REALLY NEED TO KITCHEN PRODUCTS, YOU GET YOUR BRUSH A LITTLE BIT WET, GO INTO THE TOP OF IT. IT’LL SETS UP REALLY NICE AND YOU WASH YOUR DISHES AS NORMAL. NO PLASTIC BOTTLE, NO WASTE. RUSSO SAYS THE INITIAL COST MAY SEEM HIGHER, BUT WHAT YOU’RE BUYING HERE IS CONCENTRÉ RATED. SHE CALCULATES LAUNDRY DETERGENT COMES OUT TO $0.30 PER LOAD. SHE SAYS THAT’S COMPARABLE TO OTHER NATURAL PRODUCTS. THE MORE CONCENTRATED PRODUCTS, WHILE IT MIGHT BE AN EXPENSE UP FRONT, IT DOES SAVE YOU MONEY IN THE LONG RUN. SO IT’S ONE OF THOSE REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY CONVERSATION STARTERS. AND ALSO JUST AN EFFECTIVE EVERYDAY ESSENTIAL. RUSSO WANTS PITTSBURGHERS TO RECOGNIZE THE ADDED VALUE OF USING PRODUCTS THAT ARE NONTOXIC AND PRODUCED VERY CLOSE TO HOME. WE DELIVER UP TO 20 MILES FROM THE CITY, THOUGH WE’RE DEFINITELY TRYING TO MAKE THAT ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE. ORDER ONLINE, GET IT DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR, RIGHT? SO SHE’S TALKING ABOUT THAT, THAT FREE DELIVERY. IF YOU SPEND $25 DELIVERY IS FREE, LESS THAN $25. IT’S JUST A $5 DELIVERY FEE. SO FEE THAT COULD BE THE THING THAT MAKES YOU MAKE THE SWITCH ALL OF THIS INFORMATION LISTED ON THE
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Inside The Refillery, reducing plastic waste through home essentials
A Pittsburgh business woman walked away from a job in corporate America to solve the problem of too much plastic waste.Watch above Pittsburgh's Action News 4 anchor Shannon Perrine takes us inside The Refillery, a Squirrel Hill boutique that specializes in saving the planet.

A Pittsburgh business woman walked away from a job in corporate America to solve the problem of too much plastic waste.

Watch above Pittsburgh's Action News 4 anchor Shannon Perrine takes us inside The Refillery, a Squirrel Hill boutique that specializes in saving the planet.

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