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Method Unveils Bottle Made with Ocean PCR

Plastic harvested from “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.”

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By: TOM BRANNA

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Method has unveiled its latest innovation in sustainable packaging, this time a bottle made out of plastic collected from the North Pacific Gyre, often referred to as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The bottle is 100% post-consumer polyethylene, 25% of which is plastic collected from the Gyre, the company said. Partnering with Envision Plastics, one of the largest recyclers in the U.S., Method pioneered an integrated new recycling process to engineer ocean PCR plastic that is the same...

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