Dehydrated cleaning products minimise plastic packaging
#OCBCCares Environment Fund to stop calling for applications from this year and will instead refocus on upstream projects such as other ways of deploying funding to mitigate climate change issues.
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Vivien Ang
THE novel coronavirus pandemic was a catalyst for new norms - such as working from home - and the more frequent use of cleaning products.
A report published by Nielsen in March showed that sales for items such as liquid antiseptic and hand sanitiser rose in Singapore. Supermarket shelves cleared of household cleaning products were a common sight during the outbreak.
This trend has given rise to more plastic waste. Team SimplyGood - one of the five ground-up projects that the #OCBCCares Environment Fund 2020 is supporting - has found a way to make dehydrated cleaning products that can cut the amount of plastic packaging by as much as 90 per cent, compared to bottled ones.
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