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Lower Your Waste with These Products
At New Pioneer, we love finding products that are low waste and sustainable. Check out these products you can find at New Pi and reduce your environmental impact!
Low Waste Products We Love:
Klean Kanteen
Klean Kanteen stainless steel water bottles are designed to last a lifetime, offering a durable and eco-friendly alternative to plastic bottles. Check out their great designs and our New Pi branded travel mugs!
Crystal Forestry Project Cleaning Products and Body Care
The Crystal Forestry Project stays committed to bringing Earth conscious solutions and nature's beauty to everyday routines by combining cleansing minerals, plants, and their Earth healing intentions into every formula, resulting in the best natural cleaners.
Crystal Forestry body care products address the need for gentle ingredients for those with chemical sensitivities, along with our journey away from plastic packaging. To make it even better, this is a local woman-owned business!
ChicoBag
Discover eco-friendly reusable bags that compact into pouches for convenience. Clip to your daily use bag so you are ready to make sustainable choices every day!
If You Care Paper Products
If You Care has put sustainability at the forefront of its mission since its creation in 1990.
If You Care products are produced with a view to reducing the amount of waste in our waste streams. If possible, nothing should remain after the product has been used and properly disposed of. The packaging is made from unbleached recycled cardboard or paper which can be recycled again.
Repurpose Compostables
Repurpose produces compostable everyday products to help keep single use plastic out of the landfills. When the need arises, make sure you're fully stocked with compostable single-use products for your home. Your future self will thank you.
Lunchskins
Ditch plastic waste with Lunchskins recyclable and sealable paper sandwich bags. Shop compostable, recyclable food storage bags that are eco-friendly, durable, and perfect for a sustainable lifestyle.
Dr. Bronner's Liquid Soap Refills
Dr. Bronner's soaps are beloved among the sustainability crowd for their dedication to high quality products that use the purest organic and fair trade ingredients with no synthetic preservatives and no foaming agents.
The soap refill carton is packaged in an FSC-certified paper carton with minimal plastic & aluminum lining for shelf stability - packaging chosen for its lower environmental impact!
Bug Soother
Mosquitoes will not be a problem this year! Bug Soother Original is an insect repellent made with a blend of vanilla and lemongrass - smells great, but bugs hate! It leaves no oily residue like other products. Bug Soother is non-aerosol, making it good for your skin and the planet. When fishing, hiking, golfing, or simply enjoying the outdoors, apply Bug Soother. Bug Soother is proudly made in Cedar Rapids, IA.
Tru Earth Laundry Detergent Strips
They mean it when they say "clean clothes, cleaner planet." Tru Earth Eco-Strips laundry detergent may seem smaller than other detergents, but they get the job done and then some. Best of all, they come in efficient cardboard sleeves that help save precious storage space and are easily recyclable when you’re done.
HiBAR Shampoo and Conditioner Bars
Look, no plastic bottle! We figured you shouldn’t have to choose between beautiful hair and a beautiful planet. And that’s why HiBAR solid shampoo bars and conditioner bars are not only plastic-free, they’re salon-quality. And that means clean formulas, pH-balanced, safe for color treated hair, Curly Girl Approved, and formulated to make you look and feel your best, no matter the hair length.
Check out their natural deodorants, too!
New Pioneer Food Co-op
New Pi is a food co-operative, owned by over 35,000 members, home-grown in Iowa. We welcome everyone to our store, regardless of membership, and focus on local and sustainable food solutions. New Pi has strong roots in Iowa City’s local food community, and continues to partner with local growers, food, and sustainability organizations to enrich Linn and Johnson County communities.