Large volume hand wash - reducing plastic

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I like method handwash but the green one doesn't have a refill. The method refill pouches don't look very recyclable (and are more expensive than buying fresh). So I thought I'd buy hand wash in larger volume refills, to at least reduce our plastic waste.

Any recommendations ? I like a but of fragrance, and not too drying would be nice if possible. I like l'occtaine verbena but I don't think it comes in larger volumes...

Faith in nature smell gorgeous and come with really big refills.

Bar soap would obviously be even better.

Can’t help on the hand wash, but we have stopped buying hand wash and shower gel, and buying soap instead, to reduce plastic.

Soap is the answer. I like boots baby soap or waitrose do one called beko which is lovely, comes in a cardboard box with no plastic at all. It is £3 a bar, but last very well, smells nice and isn't drying.

I use soap. So much nicer than hand wash

I buy dr bronners castille liquid soap by the litre and dilute it 1:5. It's really non-drying on my skin and i need a lot less handcream now.

Yep, soap in cardboard wrapping.

I'm sensing soap might be the answer. We've recently had bars of soap in the house (turns out they aren't any good for waxing curbside for your skateboard) and they haven't gone down well (they seem to end up in soapy puddles on the floor as they "pop out of my hands"). But maybe I can train them. As a kid I couldn't use any soap other than pears as it would make my skin itch horribly but I guess soap has moved on?

I’m using soap in the bathroom and the ensuite but am concerned about guests not liking it so I put hand wash in the downstairs loo - also can’t find a large refill so glad to read this thread.

I've gone over to soap, but have a tad of a fetish about it. Whole evenings are spent looking up organic, twice milled little bars of loveliness. The different varieties I want to add to my growing stash, Parma Violets, Lemon & Lavender. Just waiting for the Chrismassy ones to hit the shops. Then there is the question of Italian, French or good old English ones ? Obsessed . Moi !

I'm not really bothered about guests not liking soap, but if you are, you could leave a pile of those little bars you get in hotels or in gift boxes at Christmas. Or a box of offcuts?

www.naturalsoap.co.uk/product_boxbitss.htm

I've also switched to soap, we have bomb cosmetics bars bombcosmetics.co.uk/handmade-soaps they last for ages and don't break apart when they get small. A decent draining soap dish is handy though or else they just sit in a puddle.

Splosh, incidentally, do refillable liquid soap but I haven't tried it - may in future though www.splosh.com/refills

How about this:
www.frenchsoaps.co.uk/products/wall-mounted-rotating-soap-dispenser-and-lemon-soap
?
Refills available.

Oh my those lemons! Fond childhood memories of visits to Bonds in Norwich.
with soap you do need a dish, I have a selection of cheap plastic ones like this they work but you have to keep emptying the tray underneath. One day I will invest in something a bit nicer.

Bar soap is the best option but DD makes a right mess with it sometimes so we need to have both. I bought a huge thing of Ecover handsoap to refill our dispensers on Amazon which is lasting well.

To those that use soap do you leave it on the side in a little dish? Do you not get mucky soap bits everywhere?

Agree about bar soap. The mucky soap bits wash off.

Only have hand-wash in the kitchen, now, as it's easier to use without contamination when I've been handling raw meat or greasy food.

How do you stop bar soap cracking though? Mine seems to end up with grotty black cracks which are v offputting... am I just buying the wrong soap??

It doesn't crack if it's used often enough.

I buy this one from Sainsburys. It's a massive 200g bar, so I cut it into 3.

Another one for castille soap. I dilute as mentioned above and add essential oils. Lemon, tea tree, rosemary, lavender all have excellent antibacterial properties. I use lavender and geranium in my homemade bathroom handwash, lemon and sweet orange in the kitchen one. I also make up a spray bottle with castille soap and water (1-8 ration) with 15 drops each of lemon oil and tea tree oil as a multipurpose antibac cleaner, great for kitchen worktops, bathroom, cleaning fridge etc (just don't use on floor as it can be slippy)
Haven't bought handwash or spray cleaner in over a year, have used the same pump dispensers/spray bottles that whole time and have just replaced my litre bottle of castille soap (£8 amazon) which lasted from christmas last year! Massive saving as I used to go through at least 2 bottles of handwash and a spray cleaner every month.

can you link to the large castle soap from amazon please?

Castille

www.amazon.co.uk/Pure-Liquid-Castile-Soap-Organic/dp/B00DIZGDOQ/ref=pd_sbs_194_4?psc=1&pf_rd_t=40701&pd_rd_i=B00DIZGDOQ&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_p=4fe8124b-f455-49bd-9e7d-c251837661fc&_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_wg=mGyn0&pf_rd_r=H0DK3G1N5VKEC14567ET&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pd_rd_w=AAnfF&tag=mumsnetforum-21&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&refRID=H0DK3G1N5VKEC14567ET&pd_rd_r=18d5b74b-c16f-11e8-9733-8b4e1566b5ff

About £5 cheaper on ebay.

Think I'll be buying the 5l from now on, thanks Cynderella

bar soap & veg peeler
or washing up liquid. you can get ecover in large containers.

I buy everyday stuff like Castille, washing up liquid, vinegar etc in large quantities because 1) it's cheaper 2) generally less plastic 3) less travel in delivering.

You do need room to store it all though - I am fortunate in having a cellar in my tiny terraced house.