Initially, you had to buy the product through the website then order refills through the app, but now you can order the products directly from the app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The products are sent in cardboard boxes with biodegradable cornstarch chips, which can be home composted or dissolved in water. Once you\u2019ve finished the product you just buy the refills, which are sent in small boxes that fit through a letterbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can keep the refill pouches and when you have eight of them you can return them to Splosh for recycling. It\u2019s not the perfect solution, but it\u2019s better than buying new plastic bottles all the time. According to Splosh, by refilling with concentrate from a pouch, you\u2019re cutting plastic waste by around 90%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their product packaging, e.g. the hand soap dispenser, isn\u2019t very pretty but it\u2019s functional and does the job. Their products have a line printed on them which helps when you\u2019re refilling. First, you fill the container with water and then add the refill liquid and shake the container until the liquid looks denser. I had a Waitrose liquid hand soap dispenser that was the same size as my Splosh one, so I kept it and refilled it with Splosh hand wash. I\u2019m sure you can do the same with other containers; my only worry would be knowing how much water and refill liquid to add, but I\u2019m sure you\u2019d be able to get it right through trial and error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve bought the following products from Splosh: glass cleaner, laundry stain remover, kitchen cleaner, bathroom cleaner, floor cleaner, toilet bowl cleaner, hand wash, dishwasher tablets and shower gel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I found they were all great, except for the toilet bowl\ncleaner, the dishwasher tablets and the shower gel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the case of the shower gel, I bought rosemary & lavender and found I really cannot stand the smell. I generally like the smell of rosemary and of lavender, which is why I bought that instead of ginger & grapefruit (which are two food items I really dislike), but the smell of this shower gel is too strong and seems very artificial. It\u2019s just not right for me. I\u2019ve got to use it up now, so I try not to breathe whilst I use it under the shower! I cannot wait until the day there is no more left in the bottle and I can try their rose & cassis refill instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smol only make dishwasher tablets and laundry capsules. You order the products online through their website (they don\u2019t have an app). Their products come in the post, they fit through the letterbox and you can set up a recurring subscription. They come in a recycled and recyclable plastic case inside a cardboard box. When you first order, you can also pick a recurring delivery date e.g. every 14 days. If you want to postpone the delivery date you can just log in to the site and postpone by a week or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n