Marcel's Green Soap dish soap - radish bergamot

Product number: 8719189416121 View all Marcel's Green Soap > View more: Dish soap > Marcel's Green Soap - Dish Soap Radish & Bergamot - 500ml Concentrated dish soap made from plant-based soaps and kind to your hands and the environment. But tough and ruthless on greasy glasses or burnt-on pans. Enriched with organic oils and perfume, so washing up (we almost dare not say it) becomes a true 'fragrance experience'. And while you're engrossed in that intense experience, your hands are cared for by the soft foam and enriching ingredients. You know what? I can't wait for the dishes to be ready tonight. No dyes, parabens, phosphates, chlorine, ammonia or acids. 100% natural, 97% biodegradable. Bottle and cap made from 100% recycled plastic 100% vegan The scent of Radish is spicy and peppery. In this fragrance, we have complemented radish with bergamot. This orange oil from Bergamo, Northern Italy (thank you, Wikipedia) gives it a strong citrus note, but also something sweet. Product specifications Dish Soap - Radish & Bergamot Item description Dish Soap - Radish & Bergamot Item number 8719189416121 Version Radish & Bergamot Packaging type Standard Country of origin Netherlands Ingredients Aqua, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Benzoate, Alcohol, Parfum, Linalool, Citric Acid Mek, Isopropyl Alcohol, Denatonium Benzoate Environmental information about Dish Soap - Radish & Bergamot Q&A Marcel's Green Soap What does it mean that Marcel's Green Soap is 100% natural? The difference with regular household products lies in the type of chemicals. We use plant-based, natural, biodegradable and safe chemicals, unlike petrochemicals, synthetic chemicals. Every Marcel's Green Soap product is free of parabens, acids, ammonia, chlorine and dyes. Ingredients that can be harmful to the environment, your home or your body. Do you use animal testing during the production process? No. We absolutely do not use animals to test our products. We also know that our suppliers do not use animal testing. Furthermore, the products are safe to use around animals. Do you use palm and coconut ingredients? Yes. We use both palm and coconut ingredients. Our suppliers of palm and coconut oil ingredients are all Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certified sustainable palm oil suppliers. With this, we support growing sustainable palm and coconut oil products. RSPO is the only organization actively working on sustainable palm oil products. Parties such as WWF, Greenpeace and Oxfam Novib are also affiliated with this organization. But isn't palm oil responsible for all that rainforest deforestation? Unfortunately, much palm oil still comes from plantations that were previously rainforest. And the soil is also depleted, leading to erosion and soil impoverishment. The RSPO tries to counteract all this. They issue certificates to palm oil plantations that produce palm oil sustainably. This doesn't always go well, of course, especially in countries where corruption is widespread. However, Marcel believes that the solution lies in better monitoring and regulating these registrations. If palm oil is grown in a good way, it is currently the best way for nature to meet the need for this type of oil. But isn't it much better if no palm oil is used? Worldwide, about 40 billion liters of palm oil are produced, about 5 liters per person worldwide. Palm oil is the most effective way to produce oil. But Marcel's Green Soap also believes that you should actively keep looking for alternatives to palm oil because we need the rainforests far too much! Are Marcel's Green Soap products biodegradable? All Marcel's Green Soap products are 99% biodegradable. By biodegradable, we mean that the entire product breaks down into CO2 and water within 28 days. Marcel's Green Soap products also contain salts, among other things. This is used for pH, for dissolving dirt and also to make it a bit thicker. Salts can never be broken down into water and CO2, hence the 99%. What about the packaging? All Marcel's Green Soap packaging is made from 100% recycled plastic, also known as HDPE. Marcel's Green Soap is thus the first brand in the Netherlands to only use recycled plastic in its packaging, thereby contributing nothing to plastic pollution. Moreover, Marcel's Green Soap bottles can be perfectly recycled again, so that new plastic is actually never needed. This is a common plastic and therefore easy to recycle. Also, because no dye has been added to the bottle, the bottles are extra suitable for recycling. Why not plant plastics? Nowadays, you can also make bottles from plants, such as sugarcane or sugar beet. The disadvantage of sugarcane is that it has to come all the way from the other side of the world, making it seem environmentally friendly, but the CO2 footprint is not too favorable. And once the bottle is there, it's thrown away again, and there's still a plastic waste problem. That's why Marcel focuses mainly on using recycled plastic. What is the path to more sustainable packaging? Marcel wants everyone to only use recycled plastic, preferably the entire bottle. Every week, about 4 million cleaning product bottles are thrown away in the Netherlands. Marcel works closely with parties in the Netherlands and abroad to use plastic that has already been used as a bottle by the consumer. And not 10 or 15% like many brands, but preferably 100%. In this way, you ensure that no new raw materials need to be used. What should I do when the bottle is empty? A very friendly but also urgent request. Collect plastic separately. Marcel himself started doing this a few years ago and now realizes that half of his waste consists of plastic! The bottles are made of 100 HDPE (label too), which makes them very good for recycling. The bottle is then cut into small pieces, the plastic is washed, and then it can be used again for a new bottle. Where is Marcel's Green Soap produced? All products are produced at a soap factory in Utrecht. This used to belong to a large company, but these large companies often supply all of Europe from 1 or 2 factories. This saves a lot of costs but is not always good for the environment because trucks crisscross Europe. For example, a bottle of Marcel's Green Soap dish soap has traveled about 80 kilometers before it reaches your kitchen counter. For competitors, that is often 600 kilometers! What about the carbon footprint of Marcel's Green Soap? If you want to properly examine a company's CO2 footprint, you need to look from beginning to end, what is called "cradle to grave." Because everything is produced in the Netherlands, and almost all raw materials come from the Netherlands (or Germany), there is a minimal environmental impact in the production process. Regarding marketing, sales, and administration, Marcel himself manages the small company from his home office. No management teams, no international meetings, no commuting. This means Marcel's Green Soap is CO2 neutral from the start, as there is almost no additional emissions. Marcel finds this a much better way than first emitting a lot of CO2 and then compensating for it. And what about the products at the consumer's end? Because Marcel's products are 99% biodegradable and the bottles contain no dye, the environmental impact is limited, and recycling is promoted. And because Marcel's products are concentrated and the scent is much more present, you ultimately often use slightly less. Hey, nobody's perfect, and Marcel doesn't pretend to do everything to minimize environmental impact. But he tries to do his part in his own way.