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Soap Distillery Bar Soap

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Soap Distillery

Soap Distillery

Bar Soap

Bar soap remains the lowest-plastic wash there is, and this one is honestly documented by a maker who footnotes her own claims.

1 / 10 Low plastic footprint $$

Small-batch cold process bar soap, palm-free down to the derivatives, in a recycled carton or no packaging at all.

How this score breaks down

Plastic in the product and its packaging Minimal plastic
Recycled carton the brand states is FSC certified through its supplier, or a zero-waste unboxed option
Microplastic shedding and leaching Doesn't shed
None disclosed; no polymers or film formers in the published list
End of life: persistence and recovery Recovers well
Recyclable, repairable, or genuinely recovered; low persistence.
Plastic-derived chemicals of concern Low concern
No phthalates, bisphenols, or PFAS.
Transparency and disclosure Mostly disclosed
Full ingredient list published with honest footnotes about certification scope

Strengths

  • Zero-waste unboxed option
  • Palm-free including derivatives, stated plainly
  • Full ingredient disclosure

Trade-offs

  • Fragrance components are not itemized, though stated phthalate-free
  • No third-party certifications held by the brand itself

What's inside

Saponified sunflower, coconut and olive oils with disclosed colorants and a phthalate-free fragrance blend. Boxed in recycled FSC-stated carton or sold unboxed.

PartMaterial
WrapperRecycled carton (FSC via supplier) or none

Free of Palm oil and derivatives, SLS, animal fats (stated)

Packaging
Recycled carton the brand states is FSC certified through its supplier, or a zero-waste unboxed option
Microplastics
None disclosed; no polymers or film formers in the published list

Attributes

What this product is, at a glance.

Palm-free (stated, including derivatives)FSC-certified recycled carton via supplier (stated)Zero-waste no-box optionSmall business, Chicago

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 Soap Distillery

Soap Distillery is a Chicago small business making cold-process soap since 2012.

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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.