Need your help please gents.

[James Riley]

I think this is a great idea. Not sure if you'd come a cropper on the aftershave in a padded envelope though. RM might not allow that:

Prohibited goods - items you can't send through the post

There are certain restrictions and banned items which you can't send through the post. See the full list of what items are considered 'dangerous goods'.

personal.help.royalmail.com

The plastic bottle would work, but glass or a pouch may not.

 

[Blademonkey]

The plastic bottle would work, but glass or a pouch may not.

The plastic bottle is of a type that can be readily recycled I take it, in which case if it's saving money on postage and can be put in the plastics bin then why not.

Paul.

 

[James Riley]

The plastic bottle is of a type that can be readily recycled I take it, in which case if it's saving money on postage and can be put in the plastics bin then why not.

Paul.

If your local council let's you recycle milk jugs, then you can recycle these.

 

[Blademonkey]

If your local council let's you recycle milk jugs, then you can recycle these.

Yep!

Paul.

 

[mcgruff]

I'm a fan of shaving sticks. I might be interested in a one-off buy of some shaving stick containers - or I could re-use the ones I have. After that, letter soap refills would be just fine.

 

[globalm]

I love the idea of flat-packed soap. I would buy this even without savings. The bottles would be a good saving but recycling them would be best of all if you can work out a means of doing so.

 

[globalm]

I note what you say about council recycling the bottles. That would be great.

 

[donnie_arko]

Quite a few of us have bought soap pucks from Hampshire Wool Fat and they have been dropped through the letterboxes, flat packs with a small 70g puck of soap basically the height and shape of two chocolate chip cookies. The soap puck was covered with a layer of grease proof paper (I think?) and another layer of clingfilm. Not a huge amount of protection by any stretch of the imagination, but it's just soap! It doesn't matter if it gets a few dents.

I really liked this form of packaging, quite low on resources used as well.

 

[James Riley]

I love the idea of flat-packed soap. I would buy this even without savings. The bottles would be a good saving but recycling them would be best of all if you can work out a means of doing so.

The bottles I have in mind are recyclable.

 

[NatJag]

Would it be an option to sell soaps as either a refill or with a tub at the extra cost?

 

[Mike Smart]

personally i think your creating a problem that dosent exist, trying to reinvent the wheel sort of speak.
I'm more than happy to pay p&p as long as it's reasonable.
what i won't do is buy one soap at £15-£20 from the states & then double it for shipping.
I know packaging can be a major problem for businesses but i think it's a world we live in.
i like my tubs/jars of soaps and couldn't see me buying anything other than what i would call the norm.

 

[fancontroller]

@James Riley great idea using flat plastic splash bottles that are letterbox friendly. If the plastic is recyclable (which you say this is the aim) then I don't see a problem.

As for the soap; have you considered sending it out in a pouch in a shredded form (the soap not the pouch )? That would mean the recipient would be able to squish the flaked soap into any container they happen to have regardless of size or shape.
I don't know if this is practical or would affect the soap itself. You would better know that than me.