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Meliora Laundry powder

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Meliora

Meliora

Laundry powder

MADE SAFE certified and fully transparent, in a low-waste pouch rather than zero packaging.

1 / 10 Low plastic footprint $$
Verified plastic-free

A plastic-free laundry powder in low-waste refill packaging, with every ingredient on the label.

How this score breaks down

Plastic in the product and its packaging Plastic-free
Plastic-free, low-waste refill pouches
Microplastic shedding and leaching Doesn't shed
None
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 Fully disclosed
Every ingredient on label

Strengths

  • MADE SAFE certified, which screens thousands of substances
  • Full ingredient transparency
  • Plastic-free and vegan
  • B Corp and Leaping Bunny

Trade-offs

  • Powder is a different routine than pods for some people
  • The line leans toward unscented and simple scents rather than a wide fragrance range

What's inside

A plastic-free laundry powder in low-waste refill packaging, with every ingredient on the label. No plastic jug and no jug of water.

PartMaterial
FormatLaundry powder
PackagingPlastic-free, low-waste canister or pouch

Free of Plastic jug, optical brighteners, synthetic fragrance

Packaging
Plastic-free, low-waste refill pouches
Microplastics
None

Attributes

What this product is, at a glance.

Plastic-FreeLow-Waste Refill PouchesPlant-BasedVegan

Certifications

Independent, third-party certifications only. Tap any badge to see what it verifies.

About Meliora

Meliora is a woman-owned cleaning company founded in 2013 in Chicago by Kate Jakubas and Mike Mayer, after Kate, an environmental engineering student, could not find a cleaner with full ingredient disclosure and formulated her own. It makes plastic-free powder detergent, oxygen brightener, soap sticks, all-purpose spray, and bar soaps, still made in its own Chicago factory.

It is a certified B Corp and MADE SAFE certified, both confirmed in their registries, meaning it meets audited social and environmental standards and is screened free of known toxic ingredients, and it is a member of 1% for the Planet. Every ingredient is printed on every label, and the plastic-free, refillable packaging runs across the core line rather than one product.

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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.