My environmental change was going back to good old bar soap. I eliminated liquid and shower soaps, which come in plastic bottles. It’s cheaper and less to recycle. — Donna Kowatch, Chic… ...

Put approximately a quarter of your soap dispenser's capacity of liquid hand soap into the bottle. Slowly add water to the bottle, leaving about two inches of space in the top to add the pump back on.

Bottles of generic hand soap typically cost less than $2 a bottle. But many are splurging on luxury versions that cost between $40 and $75 each.