Cleaning & hygiene
Greater Buenos Aires
Operations
Product
Melcity
Bulk sales and container return in a network of cleaning and hygiene stores.
18 TONS
of plastic avoided between July 2020 and July 2022
9
bulk and refill product formats surveyed
3 stores
measured: Lomas de Zamora, Luis Guillón and Monte Grande
The case
Melcity started by eliminating the packaging of several product lines through bulk sales. Once the refill system was in place, it encouraged its customers to return their containers so they could be reused.
Unplastify measured the plastic footprint of the bulk and refill system and certified the result with the UPFC Certification.
The company
A company that sells cleaning and personal hygiene products, with 5 years of history and 10 stores in Greater Buenos Aires.
Program
Unplastify Footprint Measurement + UPFC Certification
Highlights
18 tons of plastic avoided from July 2020 to July 2022.
Benefits of returnability: cost reduction by avoiding disposables and greater customer loyalty thanks to the return scheme.
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