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How Ocean Plastic Becomes a Sustainable SAVONT Soap Box
From shoreline waste to long-lasting design in your hands.
Where it all begins: on a beach, in the hands of those who collect
On a shoreline still marked by the tides, waves wash up the remnants of our modern world: bottles, nets, plastic fragments scattered in the sand. A little further on, people walk slowly, bending down, picking up, sorting. What they hold is more than waste – it's a material that’s being given new purpose.
Thanks to #tide ocean material®, this ocean plastic won’t return to the sea. It is reborn in a new form – the SAVONT Traveler soap box, designed for every responsible gesture with solid soap.
Each box embodies a piece of ocean preserved, a hand reaching out to protect the sea. What was lost becomes useful. What polluted becomes protective – a small everyday object born from a great collective effort.
When Innovation Meets the Ocean: The Rebirth of Plastic
It all starts with a simple belief: giving new value to what’s been discarded. Founded in Switzerland, Tide Ocean SA is on a mission to transform ocean-bound plastic, collected along coastlines and rivers, into high-quality recycled material.
This ocean recycled plastic comes from collection projects in Southeast Asia — especially in the Philippines and Thailand — and in Latin America, particularly Mexico. These are among the regions most affected by plastic pollution: every kilo recovered there marks real progress – for the environment and for people.
In its facilities, the material is cleaned, shredded and processed into solid, uniform pellets: #tide ocean material®. Each grain of this sustainable material proves that everyday products can be made without tapping new resources — simply by reinventing what we already have.
The process is rigorous and certified: GRS, RCS and OBP ensure full traceability and transparency from collection to the final product. But beyond the labels, Tide represents a vision: that of a circular economy where science, responsibility and humanity come together.
By giving new value to what the sea would have carried away, Tide supports coastal communities, reduces the need for virgin plastic and paves the way for a cleaner future — a future born from the shoreline.
SAVONT: Shaping the Ocean into Something Useful
Ocean-recycled plastic has made its way to Germany — where SAVONT gives it a face, a purpose, and a second life.
Since its creation, the brand has stood by a simple idea: sustainability isn’t something you claim — it’s something you practice. In every product made to last. In every act that avoids waste.
With #tide ocean material®, SAVONT designed the eco-friendly Traveler soap box — a reusable item created to extend the life of existing plastic rather than producing new.
Each box becomes a symbol of sustainable design: what could have polluted the oceans now becomes a useful and responsible travel companion.
A once discarded material finds new purpose — in a humble yet meaningful form: a daily object that cares for people while respecting the sea.
Traveler Soap Box
Compact, clever and made for travel: this soap box keeps your soap dry, clean and suspended thanks to a patented magnetic holder — it touches neither the bottom nor the sides. Made from recycled ocean plastic, it combines practicality with true sustainability. Perfect for hotels, guesthouses, camper vans or any travel kit, it protects your soap from moisture, lather and softening.
When a Small Object Changes the Way We See the World
Looking at the Traveler soap box shows how a simple item can make a real difference. Each sustainable soap box contains around 30g of recycled ocean plastic — that’s waste kept out of the sea and turned into something useful.
It may not be a huge number, but it’s a meaningful shift: less ocean plastic in the sea, lower energy use, fewer emissions compared to virgin plastic or metal. And behind this virtuous cycle, there are jobs created in coastal regions where plastic collection becomes a stable source of income.
So this box is not just practical — it represents a new way to produce, to consume, and to think. It reminds us that sustainability is mostly common sense: what we create should help heal what’s damaged, not worsen what already exists.
Travel Without Leaving a Trace
Ocean plastic doesn’t tell a utopian tale. It tells a story of reconciliation — between humans and what they’ve created.
Thanks to pioneers like Tide and SAVONT, the material finds new purpose. It stops polluting — and starts to serve. What once threatened the sea becomes a sustainable material, turned into an eco-friendly soap box.
Each Traveler soap box carries more than just a bar of soap: it carries a true story — of hands that clean, of cleaner beaches, and a future built step by step, box by box.
Traveling light is good.
Traveling without leaving a trace is better.
👉 Discover the soap box made from real Ocean Material — a small gesture from you, a big one for the sea.
FAQ – All About Ocean Plastic and Our Commitment
Transparency, traceability and real impact: discover what’s behind every box.
Ocean plastic, or ocean-bound plastic, refers to waste collected before it reaches the sea. These are bottles, nets, bags or fragments recovered along coastlines, rivers, or high-risk areas. The idea is simple yet powerful: act before the disaster. By stopping this waste from entering the ocean, we prevent almost irreversible pollution while restoring value to the material. Every kilo collected is a silent victory — a concrete step toward a world where innovation heals instead of harms.
#tide ocean material® is a premium recycled plastic developed by Tide Ocean SA, a Swiss pioneer in sustainable recycling. Made from 100% ocean-bound plastic, it’s transformed into solid, uniform pellets that can replace virgin plastics in countless applications. Its strength lies in its exceptional quality and traceability, certified by international standards (GRS, RCS, OBP). A clean, proven technology — real evidence that with vision and precision, plastic can become a resource again, not a threat.
Yes, entirely. Each Traveler soap box is made from #tide ocean material® — a recycled and certified plastic. This means it comes directly from coastal collection projects, mainly in Thailand and Mexico. Every box is part of a virtuous cycle: from rescued waste to useful object, from sea to hand. Proof that a small everyday product can embody a big idea — design that serves both people and the planet.
Because sustainability isn’t just about durability, but total impact. Metal requires mining, high-temperature smelting, and carbon-heavy transport. Recycled plastic reuses existing resources, avoids new production, and drastically cuts emissions. For us, it’s not about swapping one material for another — it’s about rethinking the production model itself. Doing better with what we already have: that’s true sustainability.
The plastic used to create #tide ocean material® is collected from vulnerable coastal areas, especially in Thailand and Mexico, where waste is most likely to end up in the sea. These projects rely on strong local partnerships: collectors are trained, equipped and paid fairly. Each SAVONT box therefore represents not just ecological action, but also social value — jobs created, communities strengthened, and a human-scale circular economy.
Yes — because the material we use is certified and traceable through our partners at Tide. Every batch of plastic is documented, from collection area to transformation, under internationally recognized systems. At SAVONT, we rely on this transparent and audited network to ensure that our raw material truly comes from the shores it helps protect. In other words: you’re not just buying a box — you’re joining a value chain that proves responsible production is possible, and already happening.