BYOC Soap Refilling Service

Reach And Teach offers a Soap Refilling Station at our shop in San Carlos at 1179 San Carlos Avenue.

Bring your own container (BYOC) to fill up on hand soap, dish-washing liquid, and laundry detergent. We also offer Castille (soap made from olive oil) from Vermont Soap Company and EO shampoo and conditioner. All of our products are good for your body, good for the environment, and good for your budget. 

NBC Bay Area did a nice story about our soap refilling station...

On this page we'll provide you with comprehensive information about each of the products we offer in our shop. 

Ecos Laundry Soap

ECOS Laundry Soap

The first customer to walk into our shop the day we started filling soaps took one look at the laundry soap and said "That's the brand I already use. It's wonderful." Ecos has created a fantastic line of earth-friendly laundry soaps that do a great job of cleaning laundry using LESS soap that most traditional detergents. Rated for HE (High Efficiency) machines, the soap also works well in older washing machines.

We offer Free & Clear - 100% natural anionic coconut kernel oil based surfactant, purified water.

Earth-Friendly Dish Soap and Hand Soap

Earth Friendly Dishmate SoapThe second customer to walk into our shop thought we were selling BYOC (Bring Your Own Container) Olive Oil. Yes, we sell Fair Trade olive oil but the oil comes already bottled. "What else do you have?" our visitor asked. We showed him the soaps and he said "Well, my wife expected me to come home with something so I'll try the dish soap." He filled his container with our Earth-Friendly Dishmate Pear dish soap. Our effective dish washing products are naturally hard on grease but not on your skin.  Dishmate also acts as a great cleaner for hand washable clothes too and makes an effective but gentle hand soap that is easy on even very sensitive skin (without the usual additives found in most hand soaps).

  • Pear - Purified water, 100% natural anionic coconut kernel oil-based surfactant, salt, pear essential oils.
  • Grapefruit - Purified water, 100% natural anionic coconut kernel oil-based surfactant, salt, N.O.P. certified organic grapefruit essential oil. 

Ecos Hand Soap

Our third customer, who happens to run a car window repair shop, walked over to the refilling station and poured a dab of the hand soap into his hands, coated both hands with it, took a deep whiff and said "This is really nice!" I asked if he wanted to wash his hands off and he said "No way! This is the best my hands have felt all day."

The ingredients will make you feel good too! We offer Lavendar scented soap.

Ingredients: Water, cocamidopropyl betaine (coconut-derived surfactant), sodium coco sulfate (coconut-derived surfactant), cocamidopropylamine oxide (coconut-derived surfactant), phenoxyethanol (preservative), citrus grandis (grapefruit) seed extract, glycerin (plant-derived skin softener), tocopherol (natural vitamin E), lavandula angustifolia (lavender) oil.

 

EO Hand Soap, Body Wash, Shampoo and Conditioner

We are proud to partner with Bay Area company EO to bring you their eco-friendly products including Hand Soap, Body Wash, Shampoo and Conditioner. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pricing & Limits

  • Ecos Laundry Soap 12 cents an ounce
  • Ecos Dish Soap 13 cents an ounce
  • Ecos Hand Soap 23 cents an ounce
  • EO Hand Soap and Body Wash 45 cents an ounce
  • EO Shampoo and Conditioner 60 cents an ounce

Please note that we charge by the fluid ounce and appreciate you bringing containers that have markings for how many fluid ounces they hold. If not marked we will measure for you. 

Because filling your containers is labor intensive, we do sometimes need to limit the number of containers and the size of containers we will fill. Please give us a call or email us ahead of time if you need to fill many containers or extra large containers. We prefer to limit fills to the following:

  • Dish Soap and Laundry Soap 200 Ounces
  • Hand Soap, Body Wash, Shampoo and Conditioner 64 ounces each