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smol launches recycled aluminium refill bottles; expanding its design-led range without compromising on performance

Stuart Mitchell

Cleaning brand, smol, has launched its new range of refillable aluminium bottles, made from 100% recycled aluminium. The sleek, infinitely recyclable designs are available for selected ranges, including Foaming Handwash, Multi Purpose Spray, Stain Gel, Fabric Conditioner, Foaming Bathroom Spray and Washing Up Liquid.  The launch builds on smol’s track record of packaging innovation, from pioneering plastic-free laundry packs to introducing concentrated refill formats. In a sector still dominated by single-use plastic, smol’s new aluminium bottles-for-life are designed to look beautiful on the counter, not hidden under the sink. The…

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Research finds UK’s school staff spent £40m of their own money supporting pupils in hygiene poverty in past year, as campaign calls on new government taskforce to help

Stuart Mitchell

Teachers are calling for urgent action from the government’s Child Poverty Taskforce as new research reveals the UK’s school staff have spent £40M over the past year supporting pupils with hygiene issues. This comes as growing levels of hygiene poverty impact children’s wellbeing and ability to learn.  Research from smol, in collaboration with charity, The Hygiene Bank, has found that the UK’s state school staff believe that, on average, over a third (37%) of pupils in their school are experiencing, or have experienced, hygiene poverty; not being able to afford…

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smol launches Clean Clothes Can campaign for fifth year of partnership with The Hygiene Bank

Stuart Mitchell

smol has recently launched a new campaign in partnership with The Hygiene Bank to highlight the significant lack of access to clean clothes for those experiencing poverty in the UK, with people having to regularly re-wear dirty clothes and underwear due to not being able to afford to wash them- impacting mental wellbeing, physical health and ability to work.   smol’s research has found that a quarter (24%) of adults experiencing hygiene poverty (the inability to afford hygiene products that many of us take for granted) frequently struggle to afford to…

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Challenger brand, smol achieves B-Corp certification

Stuart Mitchell

Challenger brand, smol, has announced its B-Corp certification, continuing its mission to revolutionise how the UK cleans, by challenging the plastic, chemicals and carbon produced by industry giants.  Highlighting their ambition since launch to be a different, better business – whether via challenging the impact smol have on the industry as well as their own impact within the business, with the community and their customers. Core to smol’s achievement has been the development of its portfolio of award winning, high-performance, innovative cleaning products that contain minimal to no plastic such…

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smol partners with The Hygiene Bank to launch Suds in Schools initiative, to help combat hygiene poverty.

Stuart Mitchell

smol has partnered with The Hygiene Bank to launch an initiative that will see the challenger brand install mini laundrettes in schools across the UK so that families experiencing the effects of hygiene poverty can clean their children’s clothes free of charge.  With a target of brining Suds in Schools to 75 schools by the end of the 2023-2024 school year, smol has already installed 50 mini laundrettes alongside committing to providing them with ongoing free washing detergent to help keep their pupils in clean clothes, and are looking to…

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