The Dispensary itself is an amazing store established by a local couple who have designed it specifically to provide consumers who wish to reduce their plastic footprints with reusable glass bottles that have a cork as a stopper rather than a plastic one. They also allow consumers to refill their bottles using one of their many bulk soap dispensers. The Dispensary has an astonishing collection of soaps and bathroom lotions, ranging from dish and laundry soap to face moisturizers. Overall, the Dispensary has provided consumers with an option of plastic reduction that was not available prior to its establishment, in Vancouver anyways.
Not only is the Dispensary sustainable in its promise to reduce plastic from the use of everyday, household cleaners and personal care products but in its promotion of environmentally friendly products. All the soaps sold at the Dispensary are biodegradable and are safe for children and pet use as well as for people with sensitive skin. Some of the products are even vegan certified not to mention the fact that they are all supplied by multiple companies across Canada. Ultimately, the Soap Dispensary has lived by the commonly revered concept: the three R’s (reduce, reuse, recycle and also a fourth R that I try to abide by: Refuse) and plans on continuing to help create a more sustainable world.
Personally, it has been incredibly rewarding to use these reusable glass bottles in my life. I have taken it upon myself to purchase other products that help reduce my plastic footprint prior to the purchase of these soap bottles such as reusable bamboo utensils which help reduce the dependency on disposable plastic cutlery. I honestly never thought of a method in which to target my toiletries but now that I think about it, the amount of plastic that goes into the production of personal care products and household cleaning products is significant. Why haven’t I taken notice to this earlier? The Soap Dispensary has opened my eyes to target every aspect of my life in the fight against plastic consumption.
I also find it really cool to be able to say that I have these new bottles. I have them neatly organized and labeled in my cupboard. I know that I will continue to use these. It is kind of funny because I can foresee myself becoming attached to the bottles because I won’t have the displeasure of having to throw them away every couple of months or so. That’s definitely a benefit: the sentimental attachment to my shampoo and conditioner. I personally haven’t had the opportunity to refill my bottles at the Dispensary yet but I’m sure that when I do, it will be an enlightening experience not to mention socially rewarding. I’m sure that I will become close to the couple that run the store because they can bet that they will be seeing me more often.
Our global community faces a plastic crisis. The amount of plastic pollution in the world is contaminating the environment’s many ecosystems at an exponential rate. Our hydrological systems, geological zones and air spaces alike are all being affected by the consumption of plastic and if we do not cease the flows of this garbage into our world, our home, by changing our individual lives through simple actions such as the choice to reuse products, we will suffocate in a poison soup of polypropylene, polyethylene and many other “poly-plastics”. To take action is to make a decision on what we believe is right. Together, let’s work towards a plastic-free future; we just need to revaluate our own lives and apply what we learn from that.
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