dish + hand soap – ocean plastic
Sweet Water
let’s get plastic out of our oceans
not only does the naturally derived, biodegradable formula in our odor-eliminating 2-in-1 dish + hand soap pull double duty getting your digits and dishes clean, it’s also packaged in the world’s first bottles made with a blend of recovered ocean plastic and post-consumer recycled plastic. even cooler than that, the ocean plastic used to make these bottles was collected by method employees. true story.
what's that smell?
sweet water
if we had a signature scent, it would probably be this. sweet water is like a cool splash of grapefruit + lemon leaves wrapped in watery petals of star jasmine + lily of the valley. it’s rumored that water from the fountain of youth smells similarly.
| ingredient | what it is | health + environmental summary |
|---|---|---|
| water (aqua) | diluent + solvent | deionized for purity; extracted from abundant source |
| ethanol | solvent | biodegrades readily; fermented from plant sugars such as corn or sugar beets; not irritating to skin |
| glycerin | moisturizer | biodegrades readily; derived from plant sources; not irritating to skin |
| sodium chloride | thickener | derived from abundant mineral sources; the same material as table salt; safe for people (unless too much is eaten on potato chips) |
| sodium lauryl sulfate | surfactant (cleaning agent) | biodegrades readily; derived from coconut + palm oils; low skin irritation in use |
| lauramine oxide | surfactant (cleaning agent) | biodegrades readily; derived from coconut oil |
| citric acid | optimizes pH level | biodegrades readily; derived from plant sugars such as corn |
| fragrance (parfum) | fragrance | blended composition is partly essential oils + partly synthetic ingredients |
| decyl glucoside, lauryl glucoside | surfactant (cleaning agent) | biodegrades readily; derived from corn sugars, coconut or palm oil |
| methylisothia-zolinone + methylchoro-isothiazolinone | preservative - prevents bacterial growth | inherently biodegradable; made from synthetic materials; low skin + eye irritation |