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The Forest Lab laundry liquid bottle, made from recycled multilayer plastic
Forest Lab × Without®

This bottle closes two loops at once.

Forest Lab turns food waste into cleaning liquids that leave healthier water behind. Without® turns multilayer plastic waste (like packets of chips) into high-quality packaging. Together, we're turning the world's waste problem into an opportunity.

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The idea

Two missions coming together.

Forest Lab's cleaning liquids are made from all-natural bio-enzymes found in discarded fruit peels. So we designed them a bottle fit for their mission.

LOOP 01 What goes in the bottle

Made from fruit peels, Forest Lab's cleaning liquids are healthier in your home and they make waste water healthier.

The bottle with pineapple peel and Himalayan soapnuts
01
Peels
Fresh pineapple peel, diverted before it becomes waste.
02
Ferment
Three months of natural fermentation. No SLS, no synthetic surfactants.
03
Clean
Bioenzymes and Himalayan soapnuts do the work. Batch tested to EN 1276.
04
Down the drain
Plant derived, and the enzymes carry on digesting after the wash.
and nothing synthetic goes down with it
LOOP 02 What the bottle is made of

Made from recycled packets of chips, Without's VerdiFLX pellets are blow-moulded by Forest Lab's manufacturing partner.

The bottle between shredded multilayer film and recycled polyolefin pellets
01
Collected
Packets of chips and sachets gathered in Pune. Waste no formal recycler takes.
02
Extracted
VerdiCycle MLP™. Water based, 100 to 120°C. Not pyrolysis, no solvents.
03
Pelletised
VerdiFLX recycled polyolefin, cut for blow moulding.
04
Moulded
Blow moulded into the Forest Lab bottle on the line they already use.
Recyclable 10 times over
The pain point

They were sterilising old bottles,
one at a time.

Forest Lab is a two-person operation in the hills above Nainital. They would not buy new packaging, so they collected discarded bottles, washed them and UV sterilised them by hand.

They always wanted to solve the waste problem. But they needed a more scalable way to do it that didn't compromise on their values.

Packaging VerdiFLX 75% recycled MLP Blow moulded First edition
The Forest Lab laundry liquid bottle, made from recycled multilayer plastic
the bottle
The switch

Three things changed.
Three deliberately did not.

Before
Forest Lab's earlier packaging: collected bottles, washed and sterilised by hand
The old pack
After
The new Forest Lab bottle, made from recycled packets of chips
Made Without®

Changed

  • The materialSecond-hand bottles and virgin plastic, out. 75% recycled multilayer plastic, in.
  • The ceilingNo more washing bottles by hand. The packaging scales with the brand.
  • The carbonVirgin polyolefin sits near +1.8 to +2 kg CO₂e per kg. VerdiFLX measures −0.47.

Did not change

  • The toolingSame blow moulding, same moulds, no capital spend.
  • The lineSame converter, same process, nothing to requalify.
  • The shelf lifeUnchanged. The bioenzyme base preserves itself.

Carbon from Without®'s ISO 14044 life cycle assessment, April 2026, global grid basis, including the waste diversion credit. Independent critical review planned.

The material

The worst waste on earth,
specified like any other resin.

Multilayer plastic is plastic laminated to foil. It cannot be melted apart, so under 1% of it is recycled anywhere in the world. There are roughly 100 million tonnes of it a year.

VerdiCycle MLP™

A patented chemo-mechanical extraction. Water based, 100 to 120°C, no organic solvents. Not pyrolysis: the polymer is recovered rather than burnt.

  • Conditions100 to 120°C, water based
  • FeedstockPackets of chips, sachets, wrappers
  • Patents3 granted, 5 pending

VerdiFLX

The blow-moulding grade. Built to be specified against virgin in tooling a converter already owns, which is why the switch needs no new tooling.

  • In this bottle75% recycled content
  • RecyclabilityTested through 10 cycles
  • ComplianceEU REACH SVHC, 224 of 224 clear

Ten cycle recyclability is from Without®'s internal studies, replicated three times. Independent validation is pending. Standard recycled polyolefin manages two to three.

The numbers
packets of chips per bottle
diverted from landfill
<1%
of multilayer plastic
is recycled, anywhere
75%
of this bottle
recycled packets of chips
10×
recycling cycles
standard recycled manages 2 to 3
The two companies

About Forest Lab

A small outfit countering the chemical chaos of modern cleaning. Pineapple ferment, Himalayan soapnuts and pure essential oils. Nothing else.

  • Made inJeetpur Nigalia, Nainital
  • RangeLaundry, floor, dishwash, toilet, vegetable wash
  • Free fromParabens, phthalates, SLS, synthetic fragrance
  • ✓EN 1276Germ kill measured against the European bactericidal benchmark.
  • ✓Indian Standards, by categoryIS 4955 laundry, IS 6047 dishwash, IS 14364 floor, IS 7983 toilet.
  • ✓Exclusions screened, not claimedParabens, phthalates and SLS confirmed absent by analysis.

About Without®

Without® re-engineers the waste nobody else will take into materials a brand can specify against virgin, in tooling it already owns.

  • Made inPune, Maharashtra
  • Material hereVerdiFLX recycled polyolefin
  • CertificationB Corp certified, 8 patents
  • ✓ISO 14044 life cycle assessmentApril 2026. Independent critical review planned.
  • ✓EU REACH SVHC224 of 224 substances of very high concern clear.
  • ✓Physical traceabilityTraced to batch by mass, not by a mass balance certificate.
Forest Lab's cleaner in use at a kitchen sink

Can your packaging be Made Without®?

Let's talk about whether your packaging can make an impact like Forest Lab's.

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