Refill Shops

Often the first place we focus with waste reduction is recycling. Yet 38% of packaging in the average shopping basket can’t be recycled, it might be incinerated to create energy, but that’s not good. Recycling uses a lot of energy in the transportation and making into new products and lots of plastics can only be recycled once before they are no longer fit-for-purpose. It is time to shift the focus to refilling as an alternative to recycling, or purchasing concentrates like bare bars which are lighter to transport and have less or no packaging.

Refills – Did you know that reusing and refilling your bottles saves 70% Co2, 65% energy and 45% water rather than buying a completely new product?

Dry/concentrates/bare bars – reduces the water content by about 80%, making products lighter to transport, reducing energy use, CO2 and packaging. You add the water at home.

Mini Refill Shop @ Sussex Green Hub

We sell bare bars, concentrated shampoo, conditioner, kitchen cleaning bars, laundry sheets, personal and household cleaning products and offer a bottle refill service.

Overherd oat m*lk powder refills and Giannella Olive Oil offers an organic olive oil refill at the Sussex Green Hub on the last Saturday of every month. You bring your empty bottle and containers, we fill them, you just pay for the liquid or the oat powder, it’s simple as that!

Whatever you are looking to clean in your home (household or personal hygiene), we have a great eco range to choose from, and three main suppliers mean that we cover virtually all your household requirements in an eco friendly product! Bio D, Ecoleaf and Faith in Nature are all great environmentally sound products with the added benefit that they work brilliantly too.

Did you know that refills are cheaper than buying a brand new bottle?
Refills are cheaper because you don’t have to pay the cost of a new bottle. We buy in bulk to keep our costs down so you save on the ‘ingredients’ too!

For example, if you refill your own 400ml bottle with Faith In Nature shampoo or conditioner it will cost you £3.88, a new bottle and product will cost approx £7.99.

Due to cost increases across the market, refills are becoming more and more competitive and are normally well below commercial supermarket price. Learn where and when our Sussex Green Hub, repair cafe, refill shop etc is here.

So what is a Refill shop?

A refill shop is a store that buys products in bulk and sells them in a way that reduces waste. Customers bring their own containers to refill items such as dried foods, cleaning products, and toiletries, helping to cut down on single-use packaging. Some refill shops also offer products with minimal or recyclable packaging, as well as other environmentally friendly goods.

To minimise waste further, these shops often ensure that any unsold bulk food nearing its use-by date is donated to food banks or composted. While some refill shops provide a wide range of refillable goods, others may focus solely on bottle refills for household and personal care products.

If you know of others not on our list please use our contact page to tell us about them, so we can add them to our site.

West Sussex

Horsham District
Amberley – Amberley Eco Hub, St Michael’s Church Hall, Church Street, Amberley, BN18 9ND – Household and personal hygiene bottle refills – 2nd Saturday of the month 10- 12 noon.

Billingshurst – Arun Valley Pharmacy Station Road, Billingshurst, RH14 9SE – household and personal hygiene bottle refill

Billingshurst – Austen’s 48-52 High Street, Billingshurst – household cleaning product bottle refill only Ecover.

Henfield – Cornerweighs Elm Lodge, Caudle Street, Henfield, BN5 9DQ – large selection of refillable dried food and household products – bring in any container.

Horsham – Horsham Community Fridge Pop-Up at St Andrew’s Church, Crawley Road, Roffey RH12 4DX – 1st Saturday of the month 10am-10.45am. Bring your bottles and fill up on anti-bac cleaner, washing up liquid, non-bio laundry liquid, toilet cleaner and white vinegar. All priced per 100g. Soap bars, eco eggs for the washing machine and bamboo toothbrushes. Cash only.

Horsham – Plastic Free Refills Horsham market stall on Thursdays and Saturdays – household and personal hygiene bottle refills with Miniml: environmentally friendly, vegan & ethically sourced plastic-free products for your home.

They also hold a refill shop in the Common Ground coffee shop in Roffey: 175 Crawley road, Horsham, RH12 4ET

Horsham – Sussex Green Hub United Reformed Church, Springfield Road, RH12 2RG – Last Saturday of the month 10am-2.30pm. Household cleaning and personal hygiene refills.

Horsham – Town and Country Weigh, 7 East Street, Horsham, RH12 1HL – food refills open 9.15am – 4.30pm Tuesday – Saturday. Independent, local provider of a wide range of products. As the name suggests customers can bring own containers if they prefer and buy amount required (weighed at till). Wide range of refills include; rice, flours, cereals, dried fruits, lentils/pulses, nuts and chocolate buttons. Also stocks local honey, pasta, noodles, soy sauces, chilli sauces, herbs and spices, sea salt, jams, cooking oils, wild bird food and duck food.

Pulborough – The Greenhouse at Stane Street, Stane Street Nurseries, Codmore Hill, Pulborough, RH20 1BQ – household and personal hygiene bottle refill, dry food and oils refills.

Shipley – Shipley Community Hub, The Andrew Hall, Shipley, RH13 8PH – Household and personal hygiene product bottle refills and other zero waste products. 1st Tuesday of the month.

Steyning – Green & Healthy 70 High Street, Steyning, BN44 3RD – Faith in Nature personal hygiene and some household cleaning product bottle refills.

Steyning – Budgens 88 High Street, Steyning, BN44 3RD – some dried foods e.g. nuts.

Steyning – Steyning Store and Post Office 44 High St, Steyning, BN44 3NA – laundry and cleaning product bottle refill.

Storrington – Chanctonbury Leisure Centre Spierbridge Road, Storrington, RH20 4BG – Personal hygiene and household cleaning product bottle refills available every day during working hours of the leisure centre.

Plus, they offer a dry food refill service selling: pasta, rice, porridge oats, organic deluxe muesli and Overherd oat m*lk powder. Learn more here.

West Chiltington – West Chiltington Post Office, RH20 2JW – household cleaning products bottle refill only Ecoleaf.

Adur District
Shoreham-by-Sea – Best Health Food Shop 33 East Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5ZD.

Shoreham-by-Sea – Maxi’s Naked Food 8 High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5DA. Wide selection of dried foods – pulses, nuts, seeds, pasta, dried fruit. Wide selection of household cleaning and beauty products. Refillable olive oils and vinegars.

Arun District
Arundel – Gaskyns Wholefoods 6 Queen Street, Arundel, BN18 9JG. Personal hygiene and household cleaning product refill.

Bognor Regis – Eco Swap 1 Sussex Place, High Street, Bognor Regis, PO21 1EG.

Chichester District
Chichester – Refilled Chichester 30 North Street, Chichester, PO19 1LX

Chichester District – lots of refill services listed on EcoChi’s website here.

Midhurst – Down to Earth 8 West Street, Midhurst, GU29 9NQ. Food & bottle refills inc. Ecover, Bio D and Faith in Nature

Mid Sussex District
East Grinstead – Good & Green – 25 London Road, East Grinstead, RH19 1AL

Lindfield – Ounce, 68 High Street, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, RH16 2HL – a modern general store with packaging free food and refills.

Lindfield – Fill Good Store – a mobile refill store for Mid-Sussex – pantry ingredients, kitchen and bathroom and more.

Poynings – Rushfield Garden Centre Henfield Road, Poynings, BN45 7AY – Fill soaps, gels, lotions etc, pasta, beans and pulses and “who gives a crap” toilet paper.

Worthing District
Ferring – Rassasy 50 Ferring Street, Ferring, BN12 5JP.

Worthing – Ceres Health Store 29 Goring Rd, Worthing, BN12 4AR – bottle refill mainly washing up liquid, clothes wash liquid and fabric conditioner.

We have mainly worked in West Sussex but are spreading our net. Please tell us about any zero waste, refill shops or repair cafes which are not on our site through our contact page.

East Sussex

Battle – The Little Green Fox – they offer a delivery service for low waste eco personal and household cleaning products and a return plastics refill service

Hove – Harriets of Hove 48 Blatchington Road, Hove, BN3 3YH

Ticehurst – Buy the Weigh 28 High Street, Ticehurst, TN5 7AS

Uckfield – Lansdown Health Store, 35 High Street, Uckfield, TN22 1AJ

Lewes – Lansdown Health Store, 44 Cliffe High Street, Lewes, BN7 2AN

Lewes – The Seasons 16 -17 Cliffe High St, Lewes, BN7 2AH

Eastbourne – Eco Haven Store 47a Prideaux Road, Eastbourne, BN21 2NB

St Leonards on Sea – Wonderfill 35 King’s Road, St Leonards on Sea, TN37 6DX

Forest Row – The Seasons 1-2, Medway House, Lower Rd, Forest Row RH18 5HE

Forest Row – Tablehurst Farm, London Road, Forest Row, RH18 5DP

Just over the border in Surrey!

Cranleigh – For Earth’s Sake Cranleigh, ​GU6 8AU they refill bottles with nearly everything. Take your own containers for dried food i.e oats, flour, sugar, herbs etc

Reigate – New Leaf Zero Waste Reigate, RH2 8BB. Plastic free shopping for household products and food cupboard essentials

Bramley – The Little Pet Shop Bramley – Bramley, GU5 0HB. Zero waste pet shop

Just over the border in Hampshire

Petersfield – Aylings Garden Centre Trotton – Rogate, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU31 5ES. Food zero waste range

Petersfield – Juniper 16 Lavant Street, Petersfield, GU32 3EW – offers a wide range of dry food and cleaning products