Since its founding, method has been on a mission to increase the sustainability of its product, including innovative packaging. Now, method is making all its clear plastic bottles from recycled recovered coastal plastic*, sourced through a partnership between SC Johnson and Plastic Bank. To date, the SC Johnson and Plastic Bank partnership has recovered the equivalent of 3 billion bottles that are recycled and turned into consumer product packaging, and method is excited to begin to contribute to these efforts.
Our bottles had a past life
From its inception, method has made innovative, strikingly designed packaging from recycled plastics sourced from curbside recycling programs. In 2012, method first introduced recycled recovered coastal plastic into limited edition hand soap and dish soap bottles, and now is advancing sustainable packaging by utilizing more recycled recovered coastal plastic across several home cleaning, hand soap, and specialty cleaner products. Recycled recovered coastal plastic is plastic that has been collected on land, within 31 miles of the coast, to stop it from ending up in the ocean or a landfill. Since 2018, SC Johnson has worked with Plastic Bank to create over 550 plastic collection locations across Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Brazil, where collection members are compensated for gathering plastic.
"Our partnership with SC Johnson is more than just a collaboration; it's a rallying call to businesses worldwide to step up to end poverty and stop plastic pollution. We believe that collective, incremental efforts ignite sweeping transformations. No matter how big the global waste footprint is, every step we take together for the good of our people and the planet counts," said David Katz, Founder and CEO of Plastic Bank. "It's time for businesses to realize that authentic environmental and social impact can catalyze growth by genuinely winning the hearts of their customers."
Packaging for progress
Consumers in the US and Canada can purchase method's most popular products now made with 100% recycled recovered coastal plastic bottles:
- gel hand wash
- foaming hand wash
- all-purpose cleaner
- dish soap
- foaming tub + tile cleaner
- laundry detergent
Beyond its 100% recycled recovered coastal plastic initiative, method is committed to designing its products with the future in mind. This means not only innovating with recycled plastic products but creating products that cut down on plastic use altogether. method's all-purpose cleaner and foaming hand wash are offered in reusable aluminum bottles with recyclable glass concentrate refills, which save 96% of plastic compared to single-use bottles**.
- all-purpose cleaner: concentrates starter kit
- foaming hand wash: concentrates starter kit
