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Seventh Generation first to use 100% PCR cap, naturally

The plant-based household and personal care products producer overcomes the challenges with using 100% recycled-content plastic with a new bottle cap for its Natural Dish Liquid bottle.

The new 100% recycled-content closure is made from recycled polypropylene clothes hangers.
The new 100% recycled-content closure is made from recycled polypropylene clothes hangers.

Seventh Generation has earned a reputation as a pioneer in plant-based household and personal care products as well as in the use of breakthrough sustainable packaging materials. Therefore, it was only “natural” that it be the very first to use a 100% recycled-content plastic cap. Topping the bottle for the company’s Natural Dish Liquid, the cap was engineered by TricorBraun and is made in large part from recycled polypropylene clothes hangers.

Since its founding, Seventh Generation has pursued ambitious sustainability goals “to create a brighter future for the next seven generations.” Where packaging is concerned, it has vowed that by 2020, each component across its wide product portfolio will be virgin petroleum-free and widely recyclable. Since 2015, its liquid dish detergent bottle—along with a number of other liquid-product bottles—has been made from 100% recycled materials. Now the company can boast an equally “green” closure for the product.

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