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Seventh Generation Dish Liquid, Free & Clear

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Seventh Generation

Seventh Generation

Dish Liquid, Free & Clear, 19 fl oz

If you want a liquid in a squeeze bottle, this is the disclosure standard to beat: every ingredient named, SDS published, no dyes or fragrance. The bottle is plastic, stated 100% recycled, and the preservatives are isothiazolinones, which sensitive skin should know about. For a plastic-free sink, a soap bar skips the bottle entirely.

3 / 10 Medium plastic footprint $

A fragrance-free, dye-free dish liquid with full ingredient disclosure and a published SDS. The bottle is plastic, stated 100% recycled; the preservatives are isothiazolinones.

How this score breaks down

Plastic in the product and its packaging Some plastic
Plastic squeeze bottle, brand states 100% recycled
Microplastic shedding and leaching Doesn't shed
No polymer ingredients in formula
End of life: persistence and recovery Mostly recovers
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 with functions on brand site, SDS published

Strengths

  • Full ingredient disclosure with published SDS
  • No dyes or fragrance
  • Bottle stated 100% recycled plastic

Trade-offs

  • Isothiazolinone preservatives (MIT and BIT) are known skin sensitizers
  • Still a plastic bottle at end of life
  • EPA Safer Choice, USDA Biobased 95%, and Leaping Bunny displayed by brand but not yet registry-verified

What's inside

Water, plant-derived surfactants (SLS, lauramine oxide, decyl glucoside), glycerin, magnesium chloride, citric acid, benzisothiazolinone, methylisothiazolinone.

PartMaterial
Bottle and cap: plastic, brand states 100% recycled content
Formula: no polymers, no dyes, no fragrance

Free of Formula free of polymers, dyes, and fragrance

Packaging
Plastic squeeze bottle, brand states 100% recycled
Microplastics
No polymer ingredients in formula

Attributes

What this product is, at a glance.

Fragrance-FreeDye-FreeSDS PublishedRecycled Plastic Bottle (brand-stated)

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 Seventh Generation

Seventh Generation was founded in 1988 in Burlington, Vermont, by Alan Newman and Jeffrey Hollender, growing out of a mail-order catalog and taking its name from an Iroquois teaching to weigh every decision against its impact on the next seven generations. It makes plant-based dish soap, laundry detergent, household cleaners, recycled paper goods, and diapers.

It is a founding certified B Corp, confirmed in B Lab's registry, and its formulas are plant-based and free of dyes, fragrances, phosphates, and chlorine bleach in the Free and Clear line. Two honest notes: the brand is now owned by Unilever rather than independent, and this dish liquid still ships in a plastic bottle, so it is a cleaner formula rather than a low-plastic format.

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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.