Glad Bags Manufacturer Accused of Greenwashing Via Ocean Plastic Claims

The ACCC say Gladbags were in fact made from plastic collected from villages in Indonesia that were in some cases 50 kilometres from the ocean.

The ACCC allege Clorox Australia Pty Ltd claimed it manufactured its plastic bags from recycled ocean plastic. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has initiated proceedings against a well-known Australian brand of plastic bags after what they say were false “greenwashing” claims.

Clorox Australia Pty Ltd, the Australian subsidiary of The Clorox Company, which makes GLAD-branded kitchen and garbage bags, will need to answer a case over allegedly breaching consumer law by making false or misleading representations. They claimed some of their bags were made of recycled “ocean plastic.”