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  5 Friends Are Helping Mumbai Go Zero-Waste, Have Refilled 10000 Bottles of Homecare Products To reduce packaging waste generated in households, Refillable Store, a Mumbai-based startup, provides refilling of homecare products, including detergents, in containers of your choosing. R ecently, as multiple lockdowns took effect to slow the spread of coronavirus, people began spending more time at home, and had essentials including groceries and food delivered to their doorstep. This led to an increase in the amount of single-waste plastic generated at the household level. A  survey  conducted by Mumbai-based environmental social enterprise, Earth5R, found that there was a 47% rise in single-use plastics in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi and Pune. To tackle this, Refillable Store, a Mumbai-based startup, launched an initiative to reduce packaging waste from entering landfills. They introduced a refill delivery service for personal and home care products including detergents and cl...