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Method goes to PCR

Method Products has had a strong environmental position from the day it was founded. Now it’s converted 9 SKUs to 100% PCR PET.

Pw 6785 Amcor Method 28oz Bottles

San Francisco-based Method Products Inc. has converted three of its U.S. product lines (9 SKUs) to 100% post consumer recycled (PCR) polyethylene terephthalate bottles from Amcor PET Packaging (www.amcorpet.com). The conversions, which affect 28-, 25-, and 12-oz bottles, are thought to represent the first 100% PCR applications in the U.S. for household cleaning products. The company had previously been using 100% virgin PET resin for these bottles.

By converting to 100% PCR on the 28-oz bottle the carbon footprint was reduced by a significant 60% or 63.14 kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) per thousand containers produced. When the same bottle was produced in virgin PET, emissions were 104.67 kg CO2e per thousand.

Method Products was founded in 1999 on a strong environmental platform, which includes the use of biodegradable ingredients in its formulations and “most readily” recyclable packaging for its containers. The introduction of Method’s 100% PCR bottles, once again, redefines the cleaning products category with an even stronger sustainability position.
The product lines affected are method’s 28-oz All Purpose Cleaners (lavender, pink grapefruit and cucumber) and daily shower spray (ylang ylang); 25-oz floor cleaners (lemon ginger and wood for good); and 12-oz surface cleaners (daily granite, stainless steel and wood for good polishes).

“Because we had been successful with 100% PCR bottles in the U.K., we wanted to explore what could be done in the U.S.,” explains Jason Crouch, director of procurement, method. But unlike the European supply infrastructure, which is more vertically integrated, obtaining a consistent supply of PCR flake suitable for blow molding PET bottles has not been established in the United States.

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