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India's first refillable deo stick.
Most used deos get thrown in landfills when you're done with them. This one's refillable.
This is India's first refillable deo stick made from packets of chips. Every wrapper was collected in Pune. And every deo stick sold empowers the people who collected those wrappers.
Most used deos get thrown in landfills when you're done with them. This one's refillable.
Each case is recycled from roughly 20 packets of chips collected in Pune.
We turn previously impossible-to-recycle waste like chip packets into VerdiFLX, a material that can be recycled up to 10 times.
Every case you buy empowers the wastepickers who collected the packets of chips into formal, dignified work.
This project is a labour of love from two B-Corps based in India.
The case was designed, tested, moulded and manufactured under one roof in Pune.
Product, science and manufacturing under one roof. Separate teams do not make a product like this. A shared floor does.
Four steps, two cities. Here is exactly how a pile of chip packets became the case in your hand.
Used chip packets and metallised wrappers - the plastic almost nobody can recycle - are gathered and sorted by hand.
Our VerdiCycle process recovers the polymer at 120°C - no burning - turning the waste into VerdiFLX pellets.
Injection-moulded into the deodorant case on standard tooling, by a former waste-picker now on the line. Same machine. Different soul.
Powered by nourishing plant oils, natural butters, and effective odour-neutralising ingredients. No aluminium. No baking soda. No white cast. Just long-lasting freshness in a refillable case.
Two from Without® in Pune, two from Bare Necessities in Bangalore. Every one of them were involved in the making of the deo stick.
Used to pick waste to survive. Now runs the sorting + shredding section. Pays her three kids' school fees without loans. She sorted the chip packets that became this case.
Years in store assembly and dispatch, then six months picking waste when the contract ended. Now runs the moulding line at Without®. A father of two. He moulded the case you're holding.
Before joining Bare Necessities, Bhuvana worked at a school, cleaning chemistry lab equipment and preparing classrooms for students. Today, she brings that curiosity for science into our R&D process, assisting with product testing, experiments, and formulation development. She's been part of Bare Necessities for over five years and helped shape many of the products we make today.
Leena packed some of the very first online orders that left Bare Necessities and has been part of our journey for over five years. One of the earliest members of our team, she helps ensure every order reaches customers with care and attention. As a first-generation earner, Bare Necessities was her very first job. She helped pack the refill you're holding.
Born across 840 km - the case made in Pune, the deo made in Bangalore.
The case is built to keep going. Use it, refill it, and when it has truly had its day, recycle it again.
Twist, apply, enjoy. The case is tough, light, and built to go the distance with you.
Keep the case and refill the deo through Bare Necessities. Less waste, every single time.
VerdiFLX can be recycled up to 10 times over. The material lives on, again and again.
Tap any image to buy it on Bare Necessities.