ASSESSMENT AS OF: JANUARY 2024

HOW TO GET STARTED

- Purchase a scrubbing brush, along with bar dish soap
- Massage scrubbing brush over bar of dish soap
- clean your sink of dirty dishes and/or hand wash only dishes

EMBRACE

1. 100% safe and vegan ingredients: no animal-based ingredients. No Palm oil, No chemical additives; No color added.
   
2. Lasts longer - use in 2-3 months for a family of 4 or 150+ sinks full of dishes
   
3. Zero waste upon end of usage

Noteworthy Product Attributes

Tips: Use the same dish soap bar suds to clean your sink when it gets dirty, or stained oven and stovetop surfaces as well. Use on porcelain, stainless, stone, and glass sinks safely. Dissolve the soap bar in water to create a dish soap liquid refill.

AVOID PRODUCT TYPE

Dish Soap

AVOID

1. Manufactured dish soap can contain irritating compounds such as benzidine, a known carcinogen
   
2. DEAs, MEAs, TEAs – (a.k.a. Ethanolamines) – These known carcinogens are still commonly found in household products like dish soap
   
3. Liquid dish soaps, even those with cleaner ingredients still come in one-time-use plastic bottles

Overall Sustainability Score - 93 / 100

Score Breakdown

Manufacturing (Score - 10/10) - Made close to its target market. Made in USA

Distribution (Score - 10/10) - Made close to its target market. Made in USA

Cost (Score - 9/10) - Get 5x the usage for the same cost of liquid dish soap

Packaging (Score - 9/10) -  Minimal packaging, and zero plastic waste

Effectiveness (Score - 9/10) - Can cut grease and dirty dishes with the same power as liquid detergent

Lifespan (Score - 8/10) - 5x as long as a bottle of liquid dish soap

Fun (Score - 8/10) - Product scents generally smell more natural and fresh vs. artificial scents

Relevance (Score - 10/10) -  Someone has to do the dishes

Disposal (Score - 10/10) -  Product is entirely consumed upon the end of usage

Recycling (Score - 10/10) - Only minor packaging to be recycled