9 Zero Waste Stores In Denver For Rocky Mountain Refills

No one does zero waste quite like ZERO Market. This Denver refill store features over 1,200 products designed to make low-impact living easy. Each one is package-free, organic, locally-sourced, and toxin-free.

Menstrual products, cleaning products, and cosmetics are just a fraction of the products they offer. One of the best finds here is on-tap Kombucha. It’s not everyday you’ll find zero waste kombucha.

Aiming to make zero waste accessible, they offer various workshops on DIY zero waste products like deodorants, soaps, cosmetics, as well as composting classes and advice for zero waste startups.

Aside from equipping you with the know-how, they also equip customers with the tools to make their own products, thanks to dozens of bulk refill jars of both complete products and natural beauty ingredients like avocado and hemp seed oils.

Off The Bottle is a low-waste refill store Denver houses right in the heart of the city. It offers non-toxic, plant-based, and cruelty-free home and body products, all of which are sustainably-sourced and environmentally-friendly.

From composters to sustainable candles, this one-stop shop has all of your zero waste knick-knack needs. Compostable hair ties, plantable greeting cards, or reusable coffee bags anyone?

In addition to knick-knacks, you’ll also find more staple refills on shampoos and conditioners, laundry detergent, moisturizers, cleaning products, and more. Either bring your own jar, purchase a new one, or check out the freecycle section of donated jars to fill your goodies.

No doubt you’ll be filled with joy after you see the zero waste goodies JOY FILL has to offer. With refills on locally made household products and beauty items, this bulk store has diverted over 42,000 single use plastic containers from landfills, and counting!

You’ll be able to find laundry stain bars, reusable diapers, stasher bags, and wet bags for diapers. Anyone raising a zero waste baby knows just how beneficial it is to have these products on hand!

The store has a rotating recycling program that helps customers discard difficult to recycle products like crayola markers, snack wrappers, bottle caps, and razors. Joyfill also donates 1% of all profits to non-profit charity partners fighting racial injustice in conservation, cleaning up the oceans, and conserving natural areas in Colorado.

Mudd House Mercantile is one of the friendliest bulk stores Denver has to offer. This pet-friendly store often has shop dogs helping out at check out. Feel free to drop by with your dog for some free treats and hugs.

Bamboo basics are in stalk (get it?), such as washcloths, travel brushes, toilet paper, and biodegradable bandages. In addition to bamboo products, you’ll find bulk refills on home, kitchen, bath, baby, and pet essentials: all-purpose cleaner, Castile soap, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, detergent, and more—all palm oil free.

Mudd House Mercantile provides an in-house recycling box for plastic bags and film that allows single-use plastics to be recycled into composite decking and railing.

As one of the only stores that carry bulk herbs in the Denver metro area, Apothecary Tinctura, is a go-to bulk herb stop for many. The healers here also empower the community with education on sustainable herbal medicine via workshops and community classes.

This herbal home has a mission to ensure herbal medicine is accessible to all, regardless of financial circumstances. Herbs are hand-blended locally with intention, connection, and integrity, making them more affordable and sustainable.

Whether you’re searching for basic herbs like fennel or jasmine, or hard-to-find herbs like skullcap or willowbark, the bulk herb section has your fill. To prevent overharvesting of at-risk and endangered herbs, there is a cap to how much can be purchased at one time.

Tinctures include popular herbal remedies like ginseng, catnip, milk thistle, turmeric, ginger, and more. Like the herbs, endangered plant tinctures have a four ounce purchase limit.

Located slightly outside of Denver, this small bulk refill shop is worth getting out of town for. Juniperseed Mercantile offers attractive incentives to shoppers who bring their own containers via deep discounts.

They craft all-natural bath and body products and home cleaning solutions free from palm-oil and made from organic ingredients. Most are vegan, save those made from beeswax. All products are housed in glass, paper, and aluminum packaging.

Unlike some other zero waste Denver stores, their products are made entirely in-house and sold in-store or online—including some of our personal favorite reusable paper towels. You’ll find everything from facial serums and toners to ointments to reusable cleaning paper. A fan-favorite is their vegan lip balm line, packaged in compostable paper tubes and free from petroleum and artificial ingredients.

Juniperseed Mercantile aims for transparency, inviting customers to experience their processes, ingredients, team members, and sustainability practices first-hand by watching products being handcrafted at their facility.

In friendly Golden, woman-owned Aspire Colorado aspires to inspire more people to go zero waste—and zero energy, since that’s what this operation is. Golden residents can purchase in store or order online for pickup or free local delivery (which is also zero energy thanks to solar-charged EV delivery vehicles).

Aspire Colorado’s line of in-house made in Golden products includes all the essentials, including tooth powder, deodorant, lip balm, sunscreen, ever-popular lotion bars, and all manner of soaps for the body and home. If you’re an outdoor enthusiast (as much of Golden is!) don’t miss out on their natural, refillable natural bug spray to keep yourself bite and DEET-free on all your upcoming summer hiking trips.

All products can be bought in bulk refill jugs or in smaller, individual packaging, like plastic or aluminum spray bottles. Alternately, you can opt out of initial packaging and bring your own containers to refill from the pump. They also have a collection of free reused containers in case you forget your empties.

You’ll also find they host recycle boxes for hard to recycle materials, including disposable razors and packaging, toothpaste tubes and brushes, and pens and markers. If DIY is your calling, don’t miss their workshops for making your own personal care products.

On your way to go climbing on the Flatirons or simply replenish yourself with some nature in Chautauqua State Park?

Be sure to replenish your kitchen and home with groceries, personal care products, and cleaning supplies at the only zero waste store Boulder currently has. They also offer delivery to Boulder and surrounding areas, including Denver, Lafayette, and Louisville.

Named based on their commitment to plastic-free packaging, Nude Food Markets is a traditional grocery store that gives local makers an alternative channel to sell their goods free from packaging. They have saved over 200,000 pieces of packaging since they began.

Nude Foods Market has developed a system that allows them to supply harder to find zero waste products like tortilla chips, tofu, chocolate desserts, donuts, bread, veggie broth, popcorn, and more. You can also find prepared foods, like hummus, salad dressings, and delicious prepared meals that are ready within five minutes.

Instead of filling up your own containers, you can purchase pre-filled jars, which are returnable to be cleaned and reused again.

Groceries aside, they offer cleaning items like laundry detergent, zero waste dish soap, detergents and snacks like peanut butter pretzels, sesame sticks, and chocolate chips.

Their commitment to the environment extends past packaging to reducing food waste by sourcing as many products as possible from local rescued produce that would otherwise be sent to compost. Their sourcing partner saves over 327 tons of food from landfills per year.

If you’re continuing your northbound journey out of Denver (maybe on your annual road trip to Vedawoo?!), at minimum, should stop at Minimal Market. The couple-owned zero waste grocery store in Denver sources primarily local, sustainable, and natural low waste products. They’re almost 100% organic and dedicated to minimal packaging, chemicals, and carbon emissions.

They specialize in providing unique bulk foods to Denver residents, with a bulk bar stocked with things like soy sauce, herbs, noodles, pancake mix, flour, dry beans, and pet treats. You can also find plenty of non-food items like reusable cotton rounds, dusters, mop pads, napkins, sponges, swabs, utensils, and wipes.

Customers have the option to fill reusable containers or use provided compostable packaging.