Tag: Vancouver Island
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Is It Time for a Waste Audit?
Now is the perfect time to assess your household waste. Isn’t it odd how 2020 seemed like the year that would never end, and yet the first month of 2021 just flew by in the blink of an eye? I don’t recall even one person mentioning their New Year’s Resolutions! With all the confusion over […]
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After Hours Event
Tuesday, November 19th. 6:00pm – 9:00pm West Coast Refill is excited to host our first “After Hours Event”. Come by and meet some of the amazing local Vancouver Islanders who make the products that we sell including: Abeego, Reusable Beeswax Wraps Bam Brushes, bamboo toothbrushes Enviro Glass Straws, hand-blown reusable glass drinking straws Greenroom Body […]
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Minimal Waste Christmas
Celebrating & Entertaining Without Disposables Thursday, November 29th @ 7:00pm The holidays can be an overwhelming time for many, especially those with large families. In our consumer driven society it can seem next to impossible to avoid excessive plastic decorations, packaging and waste, not to mention the cost of it all. It doesn’t have to […]
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Introduction to Zero Waste Living
Thursday, November 29th, 7:00pm With recent reports by the IPCC confirming that climate change is impacting the health and food security of our planet even more dramatically than previous expected, now more than ever we need to make changes to reduce our waste, especially single use plastics. When you look through your trash, you’ll probably […]
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We’re Moving!
Join us at our new location 1319 Broad Street in late April. We opened our tiny little shop in Dragon Alley on July 30th, 2017. It’s a lovely little courtyard alleyway in the heart of Canada’s oldest China Town. It was small, and tucked away and it was what we could afford without taking a […]
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Store Review by international Zero Waste Blogger, Wasteland Rebel, Shia Su
Zero Waste Stores around the World #4: West Coast Refill, Victoria, BC, Canada January 29, 2018 by shia Zero waste bulk or refill stores are still quite small in number, but the movement is gaining momentum! West Coast Refill is one of the wonderful pioneers! It is a small refill store almost hidden in Downtown […]
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West Coast Refill promoting “Refill not Landfill”
In Zero Waste Canada West Coast Refill promoting “Refill not Landfill Buying products with less packaging is a goal for many consumers. Using refillable products is one way of significantly reducing waste. Refilling is essentially source reduction. Refill stores help us to reuse containers and bottles reducing the amount of packaging. Zero Waste Canada recently […]