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FullFILL Williams Lake
TAKING RECYCLING TO AN ALL NEW LEVEL Article by LeRae Haynes
Daniella Gastaldel helps take recycling to an all-new level with her business, FullFILL in Williams Lake. Photo: Jesse Madden Photography
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aniella Gastaldello is a young, informed ‘hippie’ transplant from Vancouver Island who has embraced her new home in the Cariboo, bringing to life her vision, passion, and commitment to the environment, and to leaving the planet a cleaner, better place for her children. Her new business, FullFILL Williams Lake, has been open since November 2020. She offers a wide range of refill products from skin care to floor cleaners, helping to reduce plastics in landfills and taking it to the next level: reducing plastics in recycling.
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You can bring in your own containers and get refills on many household cleaners, shampoos, conditioners, hairspray, laundry products, bath and beauty products, and more. There is a retail aspect, too, with things like laundry strips, baby items, dog treats, beeswax food covers, reusable zip top storage bags, and refurbished second-hand clothing. Customers can get containers, lids, and dispensers for their refill needs, or they can bring their own from home. Gastaldello says that there have been refill stores on Vancouver Island for years, and that when she moved to Williams Lake, she thought
the community would welcome one here. “People here were talking about a refill store and expressing an interest for quite a while and the response has been overwhelmingly positive,” she explained. Daniella and her husband have three young children. “My logger husband, who has become a reformed waster in progress, was my biggest push to do this. He really encouraged me to do it. ‘This is you,’” he told me. She helps take recycling to an all-new level: reducing plastics in the first place. “Given that stats show that the actual number of plastics
