Patent ID: 8703685

Claim:
A liquid cleaning and/or cleansing composition comprising from about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of the composition of biodegradable abrasive cleaning particles, from about 65% to about 99.5% by weight of the composition of water, from about 0.1% to about 5% by weight of the composition of a suspending aid, and from about 0.01% to about 20% by weight of the composition of a surfactant, wherein said biodegradable abrasive cleaning particles comprise biodegradable polylactic acid, 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 9276-6 and mean solidity from about 0.4 to about 0.9, wherein mean solidity is measured according to ISO 9276-6, and wherein said biodegradable abrasive cleaning particles have a biodegradable rate above about 50% according to OECD301 B, wherein the composition has a pH below about 6.