Sonett Handsoap Rose: Special Product Features: The oils and essential oils in this hand soap come from 100% certified organic cultivation. The coconut oil comes from a Fair Trade project in the Dominican Republic. The olive oil is obtained from cooperatives in Spain, Italy and Greece.
Sonett Handsoap Rose: Ecology/Biodegradability: Soap from vegetable oils has the unrivalled property of forming a compound immediately after use with the lime which is always present in waste water. In this way, the soap neutralises its own surfactant effect (primary degradation). This primary degradation occurs within a few hours. The calcium soap is then 100% degraded by microorganisms to carbon dioxide and water (secondary degradation). Besides the natural glycerin which is released during the saponification of the oils, we use vegetable glycerin which binds the skin moisture. Ethanol is reintegrated into the natural cycle within a few hours. In the manufacturing process of sugar surfactant, constituents are taken from the plant-based raw materials starch, sugar and fat; however, they completely retain their natural structure. It is therefore relatively easy for microorganisms to 100% decompose these surfactants. Soap and sugar surfactants are classified as readily biodegradable according to OECD.
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