Plastic Bank’s Partnership with SC Johnson
EMPOWERING RECYCLING ECOSYSTEMS AROUND THE WORLD WHILE SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING SOLUTIONS
Plastic Bank’s partnership with SC Johnson began in 2018 with the goal of stopping plastic before it reaches the ocean while improving the lives of the people who collect it. SC Johnson has supported recycling ecosystems in Indonesia, the Philippines and Brazil. The plastic collected in these ecosystems is recycled and reprocessed to create recovered coastal plastic* feedstock that is integrated into select SC Johnson product packaging.
*Recovered Coastal Plastic, in partnership with Plastic Bank, is post-consumer recycled plastic collected on land within 31 miles of an ocean so that it does not reach oceans or landfills.
Page manually updated April 4, 2023.
SC Johnson’s Impact Report
Start date: 01/2019
42.4 Million kg
of plastic extracted
Opening soon!
2,120,421,899
bottles collected
491
Collection Points
33
Cities Served
19,830
Collectors
Being part of the solution
SC Johnson contributes to the solution by using recovered coastal plastic in select product packaging. In 2019, SC Johnson launched its first Windex® Vinegar bottle made out of 100% recovered coastal plastic. And in 2020, they launched trigger bottles made with 100% recovered coastal plastic for Windex® Original,Windex® Vinegar, Windex® Ammonia-Free in North America, as well as Mr. Muscle® Platinum Window and Glass Cleaner in the U.K. and Ireland.
Boa Reciclagem Collection Point, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2021.
Boa Reciclagem Collection Point, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2021.
SC Johnson brands using recovered coastal plastic feedstock
Windex Original
Windex Vinegar
Windex Ammonia-Free
Windex Vinegar Refill Pack
Product images updated in April 2021. For latest product information see official brand websites: Windex and Mr. Muscle
SC Johnson x Plastic Bank Life of a Bottle, posted April 2021
Growing together
In 2019 Plastic Bank partnered with SC Johnson to open 9 collection branches in Bali, Indonesia. As of December 2022, Indonesia is the largest Plastic Bank recycling ecosystem with over 13,500 registered collection members that have collected over 40 million kilograms of plastic.
Leveraging the success in Indonesia, Plastic Bank partnered with SC Johnson to build the first Plastic Bank recycling ecosystem in Brazil in November 2019. As of Dec 2022, there are 34 collection branches in Brazil, empowering over 3,400 members and collecting over 3.5 million kilograms of plastic.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2021
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2021.
Exchanging plastic at Collection Point Suana in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, 2022.
Launch of Rocinha Collection Point, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2022.
“Building recycling infrastructure to stop plastic before it reaches the ocean and reintroducing it into products and packaging is key to solving the ocean plastics problem. I’m particularly pleased that this program with Plastic Bank helps to address poverty and create a closed-loop supply chain at the same time.”
Fisk Johnson
Chairman and CEO of SC Johnson
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We’re the environment’s alchemist – turning plastic into gold. Become part of the solution by activating your business with one of our partnership programs