I LOVE her suggestion and would definitely bring my containers in to refill.

great idea!

I actually make my own cleaning supplies just to avoid buying excess material!

I noticed Arm and Hammer has a similar idea that I think 7th Gen should definitely do!! I don't want to buy the Arm and Hammer product because I prefer 7th Gen. but they sell Refills that you just add water to! That is so much better! We don't need to purchase more bottles or more water.

Can 7th Gen do this? Please?

I think this is a wonderful idea.

Problem is going to be having the resources to have a representative come to the stores to refill the unites.
Although the stores could do it themselves (i myself would have issues with that). I like to know for sure what im getting.

Brilliant

I think an important issue, however, would be quality-control. I like refilling stations and "serve-yourself" type products, but I am always skeptical about the cleanliness of the container used to hold the bulk supply in and the age/quality of the product inside. If these issues could be solved, I'd be 100% on-board with this idea.

in todays world it would make sense! People would reuse bins and bottles <3 recycling it would make people like me love this world so much more.I am for this! Ohhh well ill lug around a few contrainers sure people did it for centuries !

I really think this should be researched. Heck, even most grocery stores now have those water filtration machines that you can refill bottles with. Why not something like that for the Seventh generation stuff?

As much as its a great idea and would be all about it, the cost may be too much.

Take in consideration the space needed in each store which cost money.
The start up cost just to get it going in major grocery stores.

How about setting up "re-use" drop off stations which would be located out side the stores and people would drop off their used 7G containers and 7G would pick them up periodically to have them refilled and sold again?

It's easy to establish the bins. It would be good advertising for 7G, good PR for the stores and less expensive if you subcontract the pick up or have a volunteer organization do it.

i would love a refill station and/or larger size refills you could use at home.

Not being able to refill my 7G bottles has been an issue for me, recycling of plastics is not available in my area & I hate the idea of the bottles filling up space in a landfill. I like the idea of "re-use" drop off stations. Right now the empty bottles are taking up space under my sink.

Restore cleaning products in Minnesota already does this. It looks like they are finally branching out and sharing the idea -- www.restoreproducts.com/Refill.html

They have a head start and patents so others will probably have to work with them. I actually mentioned the idea to Method on one of their blog posts and they loved it.

It should be a machine that can be configured to handle all liquid products, including eventually food and drinks such as milk, orange juice, yogurt, etc. such that eventually there should never be a case where one would need to buy, recycle, and dispose of a bottle or container.