Services
Find out more about other services we offer in store!
Already available in store we have 2 varieties of conditioner bars from Suma's Alter/native collection, and 2 varieties from Friendly Soap. There are shampoo bars available in matching scents so your hair can smell extra amazing!
All palm oil free, cruelty free, SLS free, paraben free and vegan! Available online soon! |
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Spare Containers
In an attempt to divert some glass and plastic from landfill, we accept donations of all kinds of containers from our customers for other customers to use for their refills. Containers donated should all be clean, 100% dry(no condensation) and sealable.
We request that all containers are cleaned well before bringing them to us.
We request that all containers are cleaned well before bringing them to us.
- If you remove the label, you can get rid of residual adhesive by scrubbing with some oil(any kind of oil will work.)Leaving the oil on for a few minutes before scrubbing can help with more persistant glues.
- Scrub well in hot soapy water.
- Rinse with clean water.
- Air dry on a sink drainer.
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EcobricksecoTopia is a drop off point for fully authenticated ecobricks. We then pass them on to projects going on in and around the Leeds area.
By using the logging system on gobrik, you can ensure your ecobricks are of a good quality before we accept them. Please make sure your ecobricks are 'authenticated' on gobrik before you bring them to us! (Please don't post your ecobricks to us!) For a guide on what an ecobrick is and how to make one, have a look at the Ecobrick Alliance website. If you would like some ecobricks from us for your project, send us a message! |
Disclaimer
We at ecoTopia do not see any of the above to be permanent solutions to the plastic crisis. These ideas aren't reasons to carry on as normal with single-use plastics.
Although we are happy to provide the Terracycle service, as a single-use plastic free shop, we still want everyone to be aware of their personal single-use plastic consumption, and reduce it wherever they can. Terracycle is a fantastic concept, but plastic will only be recycled where there is demand for recycled plastics, and unfortunately, since virgin plastic currently costs less, there will come a time when even Terracycle will become overburdened with plastics. This is until (or if) the plastic tap gets turned off!
Making ecobricks also gives us a similar feeling. We don't want people to think that because they can ecobrick their single-use plastics, that it means it's okay to buy it. Ecobricks aren't hugely demanded, and they aren't a permanent solution since the long term effects of plastic in the earth is still being looked into. These are simply temporary solutions for the plastics that are totally unavoidable or where there is no alternative in place.
Although we are happy to provide the Terracycle service, as a single-use plastic free shop, we still want everyone to be aware of their personal single-use plastic consumption, and reduce it wherever they can. Terracycle is a fantastic concept, but plastic will only be recycled where there is demand for recycled plastics, and unfortunately, since virgin plastic currently costs less, there will come a time when even Terracycle will become overburdened with plastics. This is until (or if) the plastic tap gets turned off!
Making ecobricks also gives us a similar feeling. We don't want people to think that because they can ecobrick their single-use plastics, that it means it's okay to buy it. Ecobricks aren't hugely demanded, and they aren't a permanent solution since the long term effects of plastic in the earth is still being looked into. These are simply temporary solutions for the plastics that are totally unavoidable or where there is no alternative in place.