Patent ID: 8852643

Claim:
A liquid cleaning and/or cleansing composition comprising biodegradable abrasive cleaning particles comprising a biodegradable aliphatic polyester comprising aliphatic dicarboxylic acid monomer or mixtures thereof and alkanediol monomer or mixtures thereof, wherein said biodegradable abrasive cleaning particles have a mean circularity from about 0.1 to about 0.6, wherein the circularity is measured according to ISO 9276—and mean solidity from about 0.4 to about 0.9, wherein mean solidity is measured according to ISO 9276-6, wherein said biodegradable abrasive cleaning particles have a biodegradable rate above about 50% according to ASTM6400 test method, and wherein said biodegradable abrasive cleaning particles comprise biodegradable polyester material selected from the group consisting of polybutylene succinate (PBS), polybutylene adipate (PBA), polybutylene succinate-co-polybutylene adipate (PBSA), polyethylene succinate, polyethylene succinate-co-polyethylene adipate, polypropylene succinate, polypropylene succinate-co-polypropylene adipate and mixtures thereof.