A Drop in the Ocean Hair Care
Refillable Liquid Shampoo
Liquid shampoo in an 8 oz or 16 oz aluminum bottle. Order a refill and it arrives in a fresh aluminum bottle with a free return label for the empty, which the company sanitizes and reuses.
Good to know: The pump is white plastic and sits in the shampoo; you keep one pump and move it between bottles. Refills ship with an aluminum cap and no pump. As of April 18, 2026 the 16 oz bottle has a smaller neck, so pumps from earlier 16 oz orders don't fit. Price is $19 for 8 oz and $38 for 16 oz, new or refill; a 2.5 oz travel bottle with an aluminum cap is $8. Made in La Conner, Washington.
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Why we picked it
A Drop in the Ocean, a small zero-waste shop in Washington state, sells its shampoo in aluminum bottles and runs the refills in a closed loop. When you reorder, you pick Refill, and the new bottle comes with an aluminum cap and a prepaid label for sending back the empty. The company washes and reuses what comes back. The one plastic part is the white pump, which you keep and move to each new bottle. The formula is aloe-based, vegan and palm oil free, and the shop says it lathers less than drugstore shampoo. Buy the 16 oz size if you want fewer round trips.
What it’s made of
Aluminum bottle; plastic pump; aluminum cap on refills. Chosen for what it’s made of, not what it’s wrapped in.
- Aluminum
- Infinitely recyclable; refillable formats cut packaging for good.
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