Colorado’s Zero-Waste Stores Make Responsible Consumption Easier
Our Happy Beetle community is constantly striving to reduce waste, but it’s not always easy! Modern living has not created a clear path for those with sustainable lifestyle goals. For example, grocery and convenience stores as we know them today have evolved to rely heavily on single-use packaging, and many people don’t have much of a choice when it comes to purchasing those products. After all, people need to eat!
Luckily, the popularity of “Zero-Waste'' stores is growing in the greater Denver area, and they are creating a solid market for food and convenience items that can be purchased without all the extra packaging. One can bypass the single-use packaging by bringing along jars, bags, or containers (which many of these stores sell, making the process a lot simpler and less intimidating for a first-time shopper).
Below we are highlighting some of the Zero-Waste options in and around Denver where our Happy Beetle customers can begin (or continue) their zero-waste journeys! For more information about each individual store, click on the name to be directed to their website.
New Moon Refillery: Delivery Only
New Moon Refillery is a delivery-only zero zero-waste store providing plastic-free home and personal care products to the Denver Metro. We’re like the milkman, but with soap!
Nude Foods Market: 3233 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO 80301
Nude Foods Market offers packaging-free organic and local produce, bulk pantry staples, household cleaning products, and more. They even do deliveries by bike!
The Balanced Exchange: Delivery Only
The Balanced Exchange is a refill shop in Denver, CO where you can find goods prefilled in mason jars, package-free options, and other responsible solutions for daily life. Most of their goods are made in small batches in Colorado, prioritizing marginalized populations as makers.
The Conscious Merchant: 1801 Blake Street, Denver, CO 80202
The Conscious Merchant carries an array of bulk personal care, kitchen, and cleaning products including hand soap, bar soap, hair care, lotion, dry shampoo, dishwashing liquid and bars, detergent, disinfectant, and more.
OZ Front Door: Delivery and Pickup Only
OZ Front Door offers home delivery and pickup for refillable products such as laundry detergent, hand soap, lotion, and more!
Homefill: 2936 Larimer Street, Denver, CO 80205
Homefill carries quality lifestyle goods that support low waste living and offer sustainable solutions for whatever you may need at home - from bulk cleaning supplies, to personal care products, to pet supplies, and more! Bring your own ; containers to fill or purchase some at the store.
Joyfill: 4340 W 35th Ave, Denver, CO 80212
Joyfill offers bulk home cleaning and personal care supplies in addition to zero waste basics. Options include bulk shampoo, conditioner, lotion, soaps, bath salts, deodorant, dish soap, laundry detergent, and lots more!
Mudd House Mercantile: 1227 E. 17th Ave, Denver, CO 80218
Mudd House Mercantile provides a one-stop shop for products that replace single-use, disposable items. They supply plastic-free and zero-waste cleaning products, hygiene products, and more!
Off The Bottle: 220 E 13th Ave, Denver, CO 80203
Off The Bottle’s mission is to offer alternatives to single use plastic consumption by refilling already existing containers. They carry non-toxic, eco-friendly home and body products – everything from shampoos and conditioners to laundry detergent, moisturizers and skin care, dish soap, toothpaste, cleaning products, and more.
ZERO Market: 5505 West 20th Avenue Ste. 150, Edgewater, Colorado 80214
ZERO Market sells bulk DIY supplies, beauty supplies, household cleaners, bulk oils and essential oils, hygiene products (face wash, shampoo and conditioner, hand soap, mouthwash, face and body oil, massage oil, coconut oil, bug spray, and much more), on-tap kombucha, DIY ingredients, bulk herbs, spices, and teas, and zero waste home essentials such as reusable bulk bags.
Aspire Colorado: 2009 Ford Street, Golden, CO 80401
Aspire Colorado makes natural, wholesome personal care, wellness, bath and body products locally in Golden, Colorado. They are a zero-waste facility and they offer bulk purchasing with refillable containers.
Village Trading Co.: 1385 Forest Park Circle #105, Lafayette, CO 80026
Village Trading Co. is an eco-friendly refillary that offers a wide range of goods. Kitchen items, bath and body products, beauty products, food and drink, cleaning products, paper goods, and more.
Juniperseed Mercantile: 28 E Arapahoe Rd, Littleton, CO 80122
Juniperseed Mercantile is a sustainable company that has a wide variety of skin care, body care, and cleaning products available for refill. They also offer alternatives to disposable products such as napkins, swiffer pads, and facial tissues.