Plastic Bank’s Partnership with SC Johnson
Expanding Recycling Ecosystems Around The World while Promoting Sustainable Packaging Solutions
SC Johnson has helped stop over 1 billion bottles of ocean plastic – that’s 20 million kilograms of plastic waste!
Since 2018, SC Johnson has built, nurtured and supported 379 collection points and over 22,000 registered collectors in the Philippines, Indonesia and Brazil. The plastic collected in these ecosystems is recycled and reprocessed into Social Plastic™ and integrated into SCJ’s products like Windex and Mr Muscle.
SC Johnson’s Impact Report
Start date: 01/2019
20,619,309 kg
of plastic extracted
Opening soon!
1,030,965,450
bottles collected
379
Collection Points
89,735
Lives Impacted
22983
Collectors
Building a closed-loop supply chain
SC Johnson is creating a closed-loop supply chain by reintroducing ocean bound plastic into its packaging. In 2019, SC Johnson launched its first Windex® Vinegar bottle made out of 100% Social Plastic®. And in 2020, it launched bottles made with 100% Social Plastic® in Windex® Original and Windex® Vinegar in North America, as well as Mr. Muscle® Platinum Window and Glass Cleaner in the U.K. and Ireland.
SC Johnson brands use Social Plastic®
SC Johnson incorporates Social Plastic® into its cleaning product lines
Windex Original
Windex Vinegar
Windex Ammonia-Free
Windex Vinegar Refill Pack
Growing together
Our first activation with SC Johnson took place in 2019. We opened 9 collection branches in Bali, Indonesia – including our first mobile collection branch enabling us to engage new collector communities. Indonesia is now the largest Plastic Bank recycling ecosystem with over 10,000 registered collectors, collecting over 4 million kg of ocean bound plastic.
Leveraging our success in Indonesia, we partnered with SC Johnson to build the first Plastic Bank recycling ecosystem in Brazil. Since November 2019, we have opened 15 branches in Rio de Janeiro, engaging over 1,400 members and collecting over 670,000 kg of ocean bound plastic.
Looking forward
In partnership with SC Johnson, we’re expanding our recycling ecosystems around the world! Over 3 years, we will be opening 509 collection branches in Indonesia, the Philippines, Brazil, Thailand, and Vietnam. The 509 collection branches will enable the collection of 30 million kg of plastic – the equivalent of preventing 1.5 billion plastic bottles from entering the ocean. SC Johnson is committed to reintroducing Social Plastic back into its products creating a circular supply chain.
“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 we developed 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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Meet Our Global Partners
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