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Cartoon: Bottled sprays → Refill tablets and one bottle Mostly tap water,sold in plastic.

Instead of

Bottled sprays Refill tablets and one bottle

Why switch

Healthier

You control what goes in — a simple tablet, water, and a bottle you keep.

Greener

Spray cleaners are mostly water; a refill tablet ships almost dry and saves a plastic bottle each time.

The impact

You, per year 12 spray bottles
All of the world 97.2 billion spray bottles skipped / year

If everyone across the world switched, every year that’s:

  • 97.2 billion spray bottles

Reduce, reuse, recycle

Reduce

One reusable bottle, refilled monthly, replaces a dozen plastic ones a year.

Reuse

Keep the same spray bottle for years; just drop in a new tablet.

Recycle

Paper tablet wrappers recycle; the bottle never reaches the bin.

Sources

  1. CNN Underscored (2026) — concentrated refills ship without excess water (most sprays are ~90% water), cutting weight and plastic-bottle waste
  2. U.S. EPA — containers & packaging are the largest category of plastic waste, and household plastic recycling stays below ~9%
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