Wristband hand-sanitiser dispenser invented in Spain: Anti-Covid 'wearables' sales support charities

The capsule inside is easily refilled, and each press gives exactly the right dose for an adult pair of hands, dispensing it onto your hands without squirting it everywhere, and then all you need to do is rub it in for 15 seconds.

A full capsule carries enough hand-sanitiser for up to 25 'cleans'.

Similar in appearance to a basic Swatch watch and coming in several colours – black, white, yellow and pastel shades of blue, pink and grey – Cleands wristbands are the brainchild of a group of young adults in Spain who intend to donate part of the proceeds from each sale to various charities battling the Covid-19 pandemic.

The dispenser valve is one-way only, so the alcohol gel does not get 'sucked' back in, and is very accurately-dosed to avoid waste.

All the wearer has to do is remember to refill it – using hand-sanitiser comprising at least 70% to 90% alcohol and with an anti-virus effect, available from pharmacies or supermarkets.

When they eventually get worn out and need to be replaced, they will not clog up landfill sites, as they are completely biodegradable, meaning they break down and totally disappear over time.

Each wristband costs just €13.75, and you can even buy Cleands-branded anti-virus hand-sanitiser to refill it, at €7 for 250ml or €9 for 400ml, with added aloe vera to keep skin soft, protected and moisturised.

The Cleands team is attempting to roll them out to as many pharmacies nationwide as possible, although they are not yet widely available outside of large towns or cities.

Eventually, they hope to have them on sale in almost every chemist's nationwide.

At present, you can buy them – among other places – on the Costa del Sol, at the pharmacies on Marbella's Avenida Ricardo Soriano; Rincón de la Victoria's Avenida del Mediterráneo; Ronda's Carrera Espinel; in Almería province, on the main boulevard in El Ejido and on C/ Castilla in Almería city; in Granada city, on the C/ Periodista Barrios Talavera; in Huelva city, on the C/ San Sebastián; in Murcia city, on the C/ de la Gloria and C/ Mayor; in the Comunidad Valenciana, on the C/ de San Francisco in Villena, the Carrer Pintor Sorolla in La Canyada, Carrer Luis Martí in Monóvar, in the Plaça del Pont in Elche, on the Carrer d'Auso y Monzó and the Avenida Esportista Míriam Blasco in Alicante city, Carrer Juan de la Cierva in El Campello, and the Vía Emilio Ortuño and the Avenida de Montecarlo in Benidorm (Alicante province); on the Vía de Ronda on the beach in Oliva, and at five different pharmacies in Valencia city (C/ de Sant Vicent Màrtir, C/ Xàtiva, Carrer del Túria, Carrer de Reus, and Carrer de Sant Domènec Savio) (Valencia province); and on the C/ Ermita in Vila-real (Castellón province); in the Balearic Islands, on the Carrer Tres Alqueries in Ciutadella, Menorca, in the Plaça Weyler in Manacor, the Carrer Estanys in Colònia de Sant Jordi and the C/ de la Luna in Sóller, in Mallorca; and in the Canary Islands, in Gran Canaria island, on the C/ León y Castillo in Las Palmas, and the C/ Galica in Vecindario.

If none of these are near you, the wristbands can also be bought online at Cleands.es, although delivery charges are likely to apply.

Photograph: Cleands.es