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Method unveils bottle made from ocean plastic

Plastic retrieved from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch makes up 25% of Method’s 100% PCR-content polyethylene bottle.

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Eco-conscious household and personal care products maker Method, San Francisco, has unveiled its latest innovation in sustainable packaging: a bottle made out of plastic collected from the North Pacific Gyre, often referred to as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Method's bottle is 100% post-consumer polyethylene, 25% of which is plastic collected from the Gyre. Partnering with U.S. recycler Envision Plastics, Method was able to make bottles out of what it calls a “novel and potentially profound new plastic material—Ocean PCR.”

Together with Envision, Method has pioneered an integrated new recycling process to engineer Ocean PCR plastic that is the same quality as virgin high-density polyethylene. The process cleans the plastic, completely removes unwanted contaminants, blends the resulting plastic, and then remanufactures it into high-quality plastic.

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