AWARD YEAR
2021
CATEGORY
Body
GOALS
Good Health & Well-being, Sustainable Cities & Communities, Responsible Consumption & Production, Life Below Water
KEYWORDS
sustainability, packaging, soap, Vegan products , Chinese
COUNTRY
China
DESIGNED BY
Mi Zhou
WEBSITE
https://www.dezeen.com/2019/07/03/soapack-toiletry-sustainable-bottles-mi-zhou/
Soapack
Toiletry bottles that are cast from soap and melt away once they are no longer useful.
A standard plastic bottle can take up to 450 years to break down, and non-recycled plastic often ends up polluting the ocean. Soapack project is a response to the disposable nature of regular plastic packaging for toiletries. To make each Soapack, vegetable oil-based soap is dyed using pigments from minerals, plants and flowers and formed in a mould, in a process similar to slip-casting ceramics. A thin layer of beeswax is used to line the bottles to make them waterproof, and prevent the liquid contents from dissolving the bottles before they are used up. Users can keep Soapack bottles in a dry place to preserve them, or rest them on a soap dish and allow them to melt away on contact with water and with use.