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Meliora Dish Soap Bar (Plastic-Free, Boxed)

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Meliora

Meliora

Dish Soap Bar, Unscented, Paperboard Box

A solid vegetable soap bar for dishes: organic coconut and sunflower oils, a paperboard box, and nothing else. No liquid means no plastic bottle and no preservatives. The unscented bar has exactly one job and does it without a single plastic part.

1 / 10 Low plastic footprint $

A solid vegetable soap bar for dishes: organic coconut and sunflower oils in a recyclable paperboard box. No bottle, no preservatives, no plastic.

How this score breaks down

Plastic in the product and its packaging Plastic-free
Recyclable paperboard box; unboxed zero-waste option available
Microplastic shedding and leaching Doesn't shed
No polymer ingredients
End of life: persistence and recovery Recovers well
Recyclable, repairable, or genuinely recovered; low persistence.
Plastic-derived chemicals of concern No concerns
No phthalates, bisphenols, or PFAS.
Transparency and disclosure Mostly disclosed
Every ingredient listed on the front label

Strengths

  • Zero plastic in product and packaging
  • Unscented option has no fragrance or preservatives
  • Replaces a liquid soap bottle entirely

Trade-offs

  • Solid format changes the sink routine slightly
  • MADE SAFE and Leaping Bunny claims not yet registry-verified

What's inside

Vegetable soap made from organic coconut and sunflower oils. Unscented version has no fragrance and no preservatives.

PartMaterial
Soap bar: vegetable soap (organic coconut and sunflower oils)
Box: recyclable paperboard

Free of No plastic in product or packaging

Packaging
Recyclable paperboard box; unboxed zero-waste option available
Microplastics
No polymer ingredients

Attributes

What this product is, at a glance.

Plastic-Free ProductFragrance-Free OptionPreservative-FreePaperboard Packaging

Certifications

None listed. We only show independent third-party certifications we can verify with the issuing body, and this product does not currently hold any.

About Meliora

Meliora prints every ingredient on the front label. The dish bar replaces liquid dish soap and its plastic bottle outright.

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Melissa Walker, founder of Thriving Sustainably

Hi, I’m Melissa-founder of Thriving Sustainably

Melissa Walker is the founder of Thriving Sustainably. A mom who started reading the labels after learning how much microplastic ends up in our bodies, she co-leads the environmental pillar of a Fortune 500 company’s employee sustainability program and rates brands against public certification databases so families can lower their microplastic exposure without the guesswork.