of plastic packaging are created by U.S. companies every single day — and we can’t recycle 95% of it. The answer? Go Beyond Plastic™ together by removing single-use plastic from packaging, products, and our homes.
That’s only 3.8 million out of 76 million pounds.³
And once that plastic is used once, it takes 20 to 500 years to decompose, filling our landfills and polluting our land, oceans, and drinking water.5 Clean hair, clean teeth, and clean counters have created a negative environmental impact.
You have the power to break this cycle by choosing home essentials that support environmental solutions instead of environmental destruction—and we’re here to help every step of the way.
Beyond Plastic™ is our collective dedication to reducing single-use plastic in the products we use every day in order to change the industry as we know it.
Your choices are at the heart of this movement. The purchases you make can—instead of contributing to ecological harm and health risks—positively impact the environment and the world we share.
Every time you shop, you help make progress Beyond Plastic™ in two ways:
Every order is 100% plastic neutral
That means that if you receive any plastic in your order, we remove the exact same amount of ocean-bound plastic from the environment. Since 2020 we have collected over 15 million pounds of plastic, and we are committed to going even further.
See the impact of every product you buy
Each product we sell has been evaluated against our Beyond Plastic™ standard to inform you of products that contain little to no plastic waste, or are reusable or refillable.
These products are 100% plastic-free. There are no plastic lacquers, liners, or coatings.
These products contain no more than 5% plastic by total weight of the product. This includes products that may look 100% plastic-free, but have a plastic liner, lacquer, or coating that generally does not affect recyclability.
These products contain durable, reusable plastic, defined by the EPA as lasting 3 years or more. There is no single-use plastic.
Your Grove order removes the weight of 26 plastic water bottles from nature on average
Rather than charting this course on our own, we’re committed to working with partners that align with our values, provide counsel to us, and help turn our commitments into real actions.
Grove is plastic neutral in partnership with rePurpose Global, the world’s leading plastic action platform. Our partnership focuses on the collection of hard-to-recycle, low-value plastics (such as candy wrappers or chip bags), and supports local plastic waste management infrastructure in India and Kenya.
A nonprofit leader in the global movement against plastic pollution, 5 Gyres drives upstream solutions through scientific research, education, advocacy, and community building.
We will always collect the plastic weight equivalent to the amount of plastic in your order. You can further support ocean-bound plastic pollution collection in India through Grove’s Environmental Impact Shop.
Is one Beyond Plastic™ badge better than the others?
While we consider products that are 100% plastic-free as best-in-class, we recognize that achieving this for every product or category is not yet possible. Beyond Plastic™ is our effort to recognize progress and celebrate the best available solutions, even if they contain plastic. Products that meet our 95%+ Plastic Free and No Single Use Plastic badges are still great ways to reduce plastic waste at home and are more sustainable options than conventional alternatives containing single-use plastic.
Why do some products that look 100% Plastic-Free — like aluminum bottles or laundry pods — have the 95%+ Plastic Free badge?
Aluminum packaging requires a very thin plastic coating on the inside of the bottle to keep the liquid from interacting with the aluminum. These coatings can be found in soda cans, laundry detergent, hand soap, and many other products that are packaged in aluminum, but do not affect the recyclability of aluminum. Because of the inclusion of the thin plastic coating, we designate our aluminum packaging as 95%+ Plastic Free.
While no material is perfect, 75% of all aluminum that has ever been produced globally is still in use today and, unlike other materials, it can be recycled infinitely. In the US, only 5%1 of plastic gets recycled versus 45%6 of aluminum, making aluminum a more environmentally friendly alternative to plastic.
Our laundry pods, auto dishwashing pods, and laundry sheets also contain small amounts of Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA), which is used to create water soluble films that help hold together monodose products. We take PVA into account when determining if a product meets our Beyond Plastic™ standard.
Why are products containing reusable plastic still considered Beyond Plastic™?
Our goal is to move our industry away from its reliance on single-use plastics as much as possible. Our Grove Co. Reusable Cleaning Glass Spray Bottle is a good example. This product has the No Single Use Plastic badge and helps you identify the best available solution over a single-use plastic alternative. A refillable, reusable bottle designed for use with a concentrated household cleaner, this product helps avoid single-use plastic use (versus using a household cleaner packaged in single-use plastic). Currently, there is no plastic-free sprayer available on the market that makes it possible to transition this product away from plastic entirely, though we’re always seeking out plastic-free innovations that work just as well (or better!) than the plastic options.
Why don’t all Grove Co. products have a Beyond Plastic™ badge?
Our goal for every Grove Co. product is to provide a better option for the planet, with zero tradeoffs for you. If a product made with alternative materials doesn’t work as well for you—or if it isn’t affordable—we don’t consider that a win.
We're proud of every Grove Co. product we make and are always seeking out new materials and innovations where there is currently no functional and affordable plastic-free solution.
Want to learn more? Read our Plastic Scorecard, the first of its kind in our industry.
1Every minute, the equivalent of one truckload of plastic enters our oceans — that’s 1,440 truckloads a day
2Only 5% of plastic is recycled in the U.S., no matter how much we put in our bins
376 million pounds of plastic are put into American’s recycling bins each year
4 By 2040, plastic waste is expected to double and plastic pollution in our oceans is projected to triple
5 It takes single-use plastic 20 to 500 years to decompose, filling our landfills and polluting our land, oceans, and drinking water
6 75% of all aluminum that has ever been produced globally is still in use today and, and 45% of aluminum is recycled
