Why is VästerbottensSåpa so sustainable?

Sara Idenfors

Sustainability comes from how we manufacture the products, how we package them, and ultimately how we ship them.

Through circular systems, we reduce our climate impact. Since we have crossed the planetary boundary for biogeochemical flows, it is important that we do everything we can not to make things worse, but to try to improve them. That is why we decided to make cleaning more environmentally friendly and develop cleaning products and tools that do not harm you or nature and do not bring us closer to a planetary boundary.

 



The products

The product is made from used cooking oil collected from selected local restaurants. It is mostly rapeseed oil or a corn-and-rapeseed blend, but never palm oil or animal fat. The purified and pre-saponified oil then forms the basis of all our soaps. It is a good way to recycle a product that would otherwise be discarded and give it a new life.

 

 

 

The packaging

The packaging for the soaps is recyclable and made from environmentally friendly PET. Due to COVID, the supply of recycled bottles has temporarily decreased. The refill bottles are made from POP, Prevented Ocean Plastic, recycled plastic collected from beaches around the world. The plastic is collected within a 50 km radius of the coast or waterways that flow into the ocean. The POP program prevents over 1,000 tonnes of plastic from reaching the ocean every month and provides robust, high-quality recycled plastic. The packaging used to ship orders is also recycled.

 

The first time you buy the starter kit, you receive the spray bottles with the refills. After that, you can simply buy the refills and reuse the spray bottles to reduce plastic consumption.



Maritime transport

Shipping is handled by Postnord, which is also very active in reducing its ecological footprint. They say that being a large company entails great responsibility, which is why they want to help improve and develop the logistics industry through sustainable fuels and innovative delivery solutions.

 

They have goals listed on their website that they want to achieve, such as reducing carbon emissions, continuing to electrify their vehicle fleet, replacing diesel with renewable fuel for heavy trucks, and so on.




 

Written by Marieke, internship by Sneek, the Netherlands and Malgomajskolan Vilhelmina.

 

Would you like to start cleaning naturally and sustainably? You can find our products here.

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