SC Johnson and Liverpool Football Club Team Up to Tackle Plastic Waste; Anfield Plastic to Become New Mr Muscle(R) Bottles
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LIVERPOOL, England, Sept. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
New "Goals for Change" partnership to focus on sustainability, health and
opportunity for underserved youth
SC Johnson, the maker of household consumer brands such as Mr Muscle(R),
Ecover(R) and Duck(R), today announced it is teaming up with Liverpool Football
Club to create a closed loop recycling model for the more than 500,000 plastic
bottles used at Anfield each season.
"Plastic waste is a threat to our planet for this and future generations," said
Fisk Johnson, Chairman and CEO of SC Johnson. "At SC Johnson, we believe we all
have a responsibility to solve this critical environmental issue. Our
partnership with Liverpool F.C. is one of the many steps SC Johnson is taking
to move forward our vision for a waste-free world as it creates another local
solution to this global problem by leveraging football to help close the
plastic recycling loop."
The new partnership, called Goals for Change, kicks off a series of initiatives
to drive improvements in sustainability and health and hygiene and provide
pathways to greater economic and social mobility for underserved youth across
Liverpool F.C.'s communities in the UK, Asia and Latin America.
Earlier this year, Liverpool F.C. launched the Red Way
its vision for sustainability and way of supporting society now and for
future generations, underscoring the importance of a like-minded partnership,
as SC Johnson's ambitions as a family company are to work for a better, more
sustainable world.
Matt Scammell, Commercial Director at LFC: "We launched our sustainability
programme the Red Way earlier this year and made a commitment to make a
positive difference to our people, our communities and our planet. SC Johnson
has made important step changes within their industry which have delivered
incredible results through several sustainability initiatives.
"I feel very optimistic about the work we can do together through this
partnership, both raising awareness and looking after the safety of our
supporters and ultimately using our voices for good to help the next generation
of Reds all around the world."
In addition to recycling plastic waste at Anfield, SC Johnson and Liverpool
F.C. will team up to focus on health and hygiene. As the Official Cleaning and
Disinfectant Partner of Liverpool F.C., SC Johnson will provide soaps and hand
sanitizers throughout the stadium and AXA Training Centre to help promote
health and hygiene. SC Johnson Professional, the company's commercial business,
will work with Liverpool F.C. to establish a new standard of cleaning.
Some of the actions SC Johnson has taken to help create a waste free world
include:
- The company has committed to making 100% of its plastic packaging recyclable,
reusable or compostable, along with tripling the amount of post-consumer
recycled (PCR) plastic content, by 2025. Currently, 65% of SC Johnson plastic
packaging is designed to be recyclable, reusable or compostable, and 19% of SC
Johnson's packaging is PCR, up from 10% in 2019. And since February 2021, all
Mr Muscle(R) trigger bottles sold in the UK are now made using 100% PCR
plastic.
- SC Johnson is committed to continuing to remove excess plastics wherever
possible. The company has eliminated more than 2.5 million kilograms of
unnecessary or problematic plastic packaging since 2018.
- Over the last two years, SC Johnson has formed first-of-its kind partnerships
with U.S. professional sports teams, like the Milwaukee Bucks and Milwaukee
Brewers, to implement new recycling initiatives to better recycle the more than
one million plastic cups that are used at the teams' respective stadiums
throughout their seasons. The cups collected will then be turned into 100%
post-consumer recycled bottles for Scrubbing Bubbles(R) bottles in North
America.
- SC Johnson introduced the company's first concentrated refill in the UK in
2019 for its Mr Muscle(R) line of cleaning products and introduced the first
concentrated refill in the US in 2010. These concentrate bottles use about 80%
less plastic compared to a typical trigger bottle. Additionally, the company's
brand Ecover(R) is currently testing refill stations in Belgium, Netherlands,
and the UK, with participation from retailers Delhaize, Albert Heijn,
Sainsbury's and Waitrose.
- In 2019, SC Johnson announced an expanded global partnership with Plastic
Bank to stop plastic waste from entering the ocean and fight poverty. As part
of the 3-year partnership, 30,000 metric tons of ocean-bound plastic will be
collected, the equivalent of preventing approximately 1.5 billion plastic
bottles from entering the world's oceans. The collected plastic is being
incorporated into new product packaging including Mr Muscle (R) Platinum Window
& Glass Cleaner in the UK and Windex(R) in North America.
- In 2019, SC Johnson signed on as the 10th global partner with Ellen MacArthur
Foundation to help advance a circular economy. The multi-year partnership
builds on SC Johnson's decades long journey to improve the sustainability of
its products. As part of this effort, the company has spent years working with
industry experts to understand barriers to circularity and to find solutions to
overcome them.
- Earlier this week, the company launched a first of its kind immersive
educational experience in London to raise awareness about ocean plastic
pollution and how collectively, businesses, government, NGOs and individuals
can make a difference. Called The Blue Paradox, the unique experience is free
to the public and open 15th – 27th September.
For more information on SC Johnson's efforts to create a waste free world,
visit: www.scjohnson.com
About SC Johnson
SC Johnson is a family company dedicated to innovative, high-quality products,
excellence in the workplace and a long-term commitment to the environment and
the communities in which it operates. Based in the USA, the company is one of
the world's leading manufacturers of household cleaning products and products
for home storage, air care, pest control and shoe care, as well as professional
products. It markets such well-known brands as GLADE®, KIWI®, OFF!(R), PLEDGE®,
RAID®, SCRUBBING BUBBLES(R), SHOUT(R), WINDEX(R) and ZIPLOC(R) in the U.S. and
beyond, with brands marketed outside the U.S. including AUTAN(R), BAYGON(R),
BRISE(R), KABIKILLER(R), KLEAR(R), MR MUSCLE(R) and RIDSECT(R). The
135-year-old company employs approximately 13,000 people globally and sells
products in virtually every country around the world. www.scjohnson.com
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