private industry household cleaning products founded 1991 headquarters incline village nv u.s. website http www.bio pac.com bio pac inc. is an american company that sells cleaning products in bulk and refillable containers . founded in 1991 bio pac is 100 % family owned and based in incline village nv . the company produces non toxic cleaners such as laundry and dish liquids which are formulated to be biodegradable and for people who are chemically sensitive . bio pac focuses its outreach efforts on sustainability and wilderness preservation . bio pac uses recycled and post consumer materials in its packaging . history edit in 1990 bio pac founder collin harris was volunteering at a recycling center in maine and became convinced that there were too many empty cleaning product containers being thrown away . in an effort to reduce the amount of packaging waste collin worked to create bulk filling solutions so customers could refill instead of dispose their used soap containers . in 1991 bio pac was founded and the first bulk soap filling station appeared at the belfast coop in belfast maine . bio pac marketed the concept to natural food stores nationwide and within a few years bio pac products could be found in several hundred stores . in 1996 bio pac acquired the company oasis biocompatible cleaners from art ludwig a well known greywater expert . the oasis brand continues to be sold in a small number of natural foods stores in the western united states . as of early 2011 bio pac cleaning products are sold in approximately 600 natural foods stores nationwide . bio pac has appeared in news articles about green cleaning products and greywater . 1 2 3 references edit hodara susan 2000 07 02 . inside out ; sorters and gizmos to ease the wash load . new york times . retrieved 2011 05 11 . smith ken 2010 08 26 . gray water gardening local couple use gray water washing machine to water garden . news & review . retrieved 2011 05 11 . darling john 2007 07 19 . you shall know them by their labels . mail tribune . retrieved 2011 05 11 . external links edit bio pac cleaning products official website oasis biocompatible cleaners ecology center guide to greywater compatible cleaning products belfast coop art ludwig founder of oasis design retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bio pac inc & oldid 686907878 categories chemical companies of the united statescleaning productscompanies established in 19911991 establishments in maine navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 october 2015 at 02 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view