Our dishwasher tabs come without any plastic film or wrapping, which is why we call them "naked tabs". Most dishwasher tabs on the market have a water-soluble film made of PVA (polyvinyl alcohol). Why do we do without it? For three reasons:
1) The environmental impact after use: PVA films do dissolve and are therefore not considered microplastics. They are also usually advertised as "biodegradable". This means that a substance is biodegradable in the environment within 28 days - however, this is tested under ideal conditions, which rarely exist in reality. For this reason, biodegradable ingredients should only be used if they are absolutely necessary. In addition, the amount of PVA film in waste water is problematic: Imagine a small PVA film from every German family household ending up in the waste water every day - that would be 12 million films a day! The sheer quantity naturally makes degradation in the environment more difficult and slows it down.
2) The environmental and climate impact of production: The production of PVA film alone consumes enormous amounts of energy and resources. Therefore, anything that is not absolutely necessary should also be avoided in production.
3) We want to create awareness: With all our everdrop products, we want to show that completely unnecessary plastic is used far too often in conventional household products. Our Naked Tabs prove that dishwasher tabs also work perfectly without film!