Ecostore to launch refillable aluminium bottles to reduce single use plastic waste pollution

Ecostore is reportedly coming up with its first-ever refillable aluminium bottles for hand and dish wash products to attain the determination of minimising single use plastic waste pollution and emissions in Aotearoa, New Zealand.

The new Ecostore refillable bottle will be 100 per cent made of aluminium, designed to be reused and refilled again and again. It will also be a great solution for reducing landfill waste due to being infinitely recyclable. Ecostore sees this new product as an environmental win as recycling aluminium bottles and remaking new ones only uses 5 per cent of the energy and emits 5 per cent of the CO2.

Ecostore has partnered with five other environmental and sustainability conscious companies to show they are ‘walking the talk’ of providing a circular solution. It believes the launch of new aluminium bottles will not only reduce carbon emissions but make it easier and accessible for the average Kiwi to replace the current throw away culture with sustainable product use.

Pablo Kraus, the group CEO of Ecostore, said: “The launch of our new aluminium bottles is another essential step for us in reducing and reusing waste and keeping waste out of the environment. We are thrilled to partner with these five forward-thinking local companies for our first-ever refill event as it gives us a chance to collectively educate and encourage new behaviours around reducing, reusing, and refilling.”

He added, “Waste is a very large problem for New Zealand that can’t be fixed with just one solution, so we have many different options for our customers to reduce, reuse, and recycle – and that order matters. Recycling is plan C, the one people should only turn to as the last option. Using our aluminium refill bottle at one of our refill stations will save up to 40 dish wash or 60 hand wash plastic bottles from entering Aotearoa’s waste system – that’s a huge win in our eyes.”

Ecostore’s aluminium bottles are designed by New Zealand artist and long-time Ecostore collaborator John Reynolds. Shoppers will be able to refill their Ecostore aluminium bottles at more than 100 Ecostore refill stations across New Zealand.