By the Resparkle team, a small family business based in Brisbane. Last updated: 2026-06-03.
TL;DR
If you bought into Pleasant State, you bought into a routine: keep the glass bottle, swap the refill, add tap water, shake, spray. The closest match for that routine in Australia today is the Resparkle All Purpose Cleaner Kit ($32 for the 1L kit, which includes a 500ml glass spray bottle and two plant-fibre refill sachets). Same glass bottle, same just-add-water mechanic, same plastic-free refill philosophy. The key honest trade: Pleasant State held B Corp certification (the only certified B Corp cleaning brand in Australia at the time of its closure, per Inside FMCG); Resparkle is not B Corp certified. If you also bought Pleasant State for laundry, the cross-shop is Resparkle's Natural Laundry Powder ($18 / 600g / 55 washes / $0.33 per wash).
Why this article exists
Pleasant State stopped trading on 27 January 2026 (per Inside FMCG and SmartCompany). Their customers still have the bottles. They still hold the values that made them buy in the first place: less plastic in the house, fewer shipped-water bottles, a refill ritual that fits a small bathroom shelf. They still want a system that fits that life.
This piece is for those customers. It is not a takedown. Pleasant State was founded in 2020 by Ami Bateman and Sian Murray, and at closure had diverted 150,000 plastic bottles, reached more than 20,000 Australian homes, and raised over $45,000 for charities including Take 3 for the Sea (per Inside FMCG). That work mattered. We will treat it that way.
What we will do is answer the practical question: which Australian brand most closely matches the Pleasant State experience, on the dimensions Pleasant State customers actually picked it for. The short answer is on the mechanical match: a refill that drops into your existing 500ml glass bottle, dissolves in tap water, and turns into a plant-based spray cleaner. On that dimension, Resparkle's All Purpose Cleaner Kit is the closest fit available today.
Side-by-side at a glance
| Resparkle All Purpose Cleaner Kit | Pleasant State (refill range, formerly trading) | |
|---|---|---|
| Format | Concentrated sachet, dissolved in 500ml tap water | Concentrated tablet/bar, dissolved in tap water in a refillable bottle |
| Reuses your existing glass spray bottle? | Yes (500ml bottle included in the kit; refills sold separately) | Yes (that was the core of the system) |
| Kit price | $32 for 1L kit (bottle + 2 sachets) | No longer trading |
| Refill packaging | Industrially compostable plant-fibre sachet | Cardboard / minimal packaging (their published philosophy) |
| Plastic in primary packaging | None in refills; glass bottle is reusable | None in refills; glass bottle reusable |
| Ingredient transparency | Every ingredient rated EWG 1 (per the product page) | Published ingredient list; full per-ingredient EWG ratings not part of their public format |
| B Corp certified? | No | Yes (only certified B Corp cleaning brand in Australia at closure, per Inside FMCG) |
| Australian made? | Yes | Yes |
| Range breadth | Multi-surface spray (one formula covers kitchen, bathroom, ovens, marble, timber, granite) plus separate refills for hand wash, laundry powder, dish wash, floor concentrate | Multiple specialised tablets across their surface range plus laundry |
| Currently trading? | Yes | No (last day of trade 27 January 2026) |
| Best for | Pleasant State customers who want the same just-add-water glass-bottle routine, today | Pleasant State customers who haven't yet found a replacement |
Sources for each row are listed in the Sources block at the bottom.
The mechanical match: sachet plus bottle vs tablet plus bottle
This is the spine of the article, so it is worth being precise about what is the same and what is different.
Pleasant State's system worked like this: keep a glass spray bottle on the shelf. When it ran out, drop in a concentrated tablet or bar, fill with tap water, wait for it to dissolve, and you had a full bottle of surface cleaner. The whole point was that you were not shipping or storing water; you were shipping a tiny dry refill, and the bottle stayed at home.
Resparkle's All Purpose Cleaner Kit works in almost exactly the same way. The kit ($32) ships with a 500ml glass spray bottle and two plant-fibre refill sachets. Each sachet makes one full 500ml bottle. You pour the sachet contents into the bottle, top up with tap water from the kitchen tap, screw on the trigger, give it a shake, and the cleaner is ready to use (per the Resparkle All Purpose Cleaner page).
Where the two diverge is the form of the refill. Pleasant State used a solid tablet (or bar in some SKUs); Resparkle uses a concentrated sachet. From the buyer's side of the bench, the user experience is nearly identical: a small dry refill goes into your bottle, water goes on top, you shake, you spray. The shelf footprint is the same. The shipping carbon profile is similar (you are not paying to send a bottle of water across the country). The ritual is the same.
For a Pleasant State customer, this is the closest practical answer to the question, "what do I do with my empty bottle now?" You can keep using your existing Pleasant State 500ml glass bottle if it is still in good condition; or if you want a full kit (bottle plus two refills) on hand, the Resparkle kit gives you that for $32.
Packaging: plastic-free refills both ways
Pleasant State pioneered the refill-tablet category in Australia. Their position was straightforward: stop shipping water in plastic, ship the tiny dry refill instead, and let the customer keep the bottle for years. That single design decision is what removed 150,000 plastic bottles from the waste stream over five years of trading (per Inside FMCG).
Resparkle's refill packaging is built on the same principle, with a different material choice. The All Purpose Cleaner refill sachets are plant-fibre, industrially compostable, and contain no plastic (per the product page). The same packaging spec applies across Resparkle's other refills (Foaming Hand Wash, Natural Dish Wash, Natural Laundry Powder, Universal Stain Remover). The 500ml glass spray bottle in the kit is designed to be refilled indefinitely; the trigger top is a reusable plastic component, which is the one piece of plastic in the system.
The honest read for a Pleasant State customer: on the packaging axis, the two systems are doing the same job by slightly different means. Tablet in cardboard, sachet in plant fibre. Both eliminate the single-use plastic bottle from the routine. If "no plastic going to landfill from my surface cleaner" was your buying criterion, Resparkle meets it on the same terms Pleasant State did.
Ingredients
Resparkle publishes a per-ingredient EWG rating on the All Purpose Cleaner product page. Every ingredient is rated EWG 1 (the lowest hazard tier on the Environmental Working Group's database). The formulation:
- Coconut surfactants (EWG 1)
- Citric acid (EWG 1)
- Sodium bicarbonate (EWG 1)
- Potassium sorbate (EWG 1)
- Sodium benzoate (EWG 1)
- Eucalyptus and lavender essential oils
The full claim set on the bottle: 100% plant-based, vegan, cruelty-free, Australian-made, plastic-free refills, no parabens, no chlorine, marine-life safe, pet-safe, antibacterial. Surfaces it is rated for: kitchen, bathroom, ovens, stovetops, marble, timber, and granite (per the product page).
Pleasant State's formulation philosophy was aligned in the same direction: plant-based, family-safe, transparent about what was inside the tablet. We are not going to invent a side-by-side ingredient comparison, because publishing a precise list for a brand that is no longer trading risks misstating it. What is safe to say is that both brands sat in the same shelf of the cleaning aisle: plant-based, fragrance-light, designed for a household that reads labels.
For a Pleasant State customer used to a low-tox surface cleaner, the Resparkle ingredient list will look familiar, and the published EWG ratings give you a more granular proof point than most refill brands offer.
What Pleasant State did that Resparkle hasn't
This is the honest gaps section. There are real things Pleasant State did that Resparkle does not currently do, and a Pleasant State customer will notice them. We are going to name them directly.
1. B Corp certification. At the time of its closure, Pleasant State was the only certified B Corp cleaning brand in Australia (per Inside FMCG). Resparkle is not B Corp certified. If B Corp is your non-negotiable filter, that is a real gap and we are not going to paper over it. Resparkle does have other relevant signals (Greenspark partnership, "I'm Plastic Free" badge, every ingredient EWG-rated 1 or 2 on the All Purpose Cleaner), and partners with Brunswick Industries (which employs people with disabilities) and Brite Industries, but a third-party certification with the breadth of B Corp is not currently part of the brand's credentials.
2. A wider specialised surface-cleaner range. Pleasant State's tablet system included multiple specialised SKUs across their surface range. Resparkle covers most of those surfaces with one multi-surface formula (the All Purpose Cleaner is rated for kitchen, bathroom, ovens, stovetops, marble, timber, and granite from a single sachet). If you preferred picking a different tablet for each room, the consolidation to a single multi-surface formula will feel like a shift.
3. Brand storytelling around the founders. Pleasant State had a clear public founder story, with Ami Bateman and Sian Murray as the public face of the business. Resparkle is a small family team based in Brisbane and has chosen to keep the storytelling brand-led rather than founder-led. Different choice, neither wrong, but if you connected to the founder narrative at Pleasant State, the Resparkle voice will read a touch quieter on that front.
Where Resparkle wins for Pleasant State customers
The flip side is fair to name too.
Per-ingredient EWG ratings published, not summarised. Every ingredient in the All Purpose Cleaner is rated EWG 1 on the product page, with the rating shown for each line item rather than as a headline summary. For a customer who has been reading labels, that is the kind of detail that saves time.
An independent lab-test claim on the Natural Laundry Powder. If you also bought Pleasant State for laundry, the Resparkle Natural Laundry Powder is independently lab-tested to outperform CHOICE's number-one-rated supermarket detergent on five common stains (per the product page). That is a third-party benchmarked claim against a named competitor, which is unusual in the natural laundry category.
In stock and shipping today. The most practical advantage, and the one Pleasant State customers feel most directly: you can order a kit this week and have it in the house next week.
Still a small family business based in Brisbane. Resparkle was founded in 2013 at a Mornington Peninsula farmers market, and is now run by a small family team in Brisbane. The brand has been continuously trading for more than a decade. That stability matters when you are picking a refill system you want to use for years.
Who should pick which
If you used Pleasant State for surface sprays in a glass bottle: the Resparkle All Purpose Cleaner Kit is the closest mechanical fit. $32 gets you a 500ml glass spray bottle and two refill sachets (one litre of finished cleaner). Same just-add-water routine, same refill philosophy, available now. If you still have a Pleasant State 500ml glass bottle in good condition, the refill sachets can also be used in your existing bottle.
If you also used Pleasant State for laundry: the cross-shop is the Resparkle Natural Laundry Powder. $18 for 600g (55 washes, $0.33 per wash), 4-in-1 (Wash, Sanitises, Removes Stains & Odours), industrially compostable plant-fibre bag, plastic-free. Independently lab-tested to outperform CHOICE's number-one-rated supermarket detergent on five common stains. Two variants: Lemon Eucalyptus and Fragrance-Free.
If B Corp certification is your non-negotiable filter: Resparkle is not the answer on that dimension, and we are going to be honest about that. There are a handful of other Australian eco-cleaning brands that hold relevant third-party certifications. On the specific question this article is answering, though (which brand most closely matches the just-add-water-in-your-existing-glass-bottle mechanic Pleasant State customers picked the brand for), Resparkle is the closest fit available in Australia today.
If you want to compare Resparkle to other category names you might be considering: see Resparkle vs Koala Eco and Resparkle vs Zero Co. Both are honest head-to-heads with the same numbers-led format.
A note of respect
Pleasant State spent five years proving that Australian households would happily swap a plastic bottle for a cardboard refill. 150,000 plastic bottles diverted is a real number that mattered, and it sits in the same direction every brand in this category is trying to push. The team named tough trading conditions, cost-of-living pressures, rising manufacturing costs, and copycat competitors as the reasons for closing (per SmartCompany). That is a difficult set of headwinds and it does not detract from the work.
If you bought into Pleasant State, you bought into something genuinely worth backing. The closest way to keep that habit going today is the system above. The bottle on your shelf was a good decision when you made it, and the routine of refilling it is still a good one.
Sources
- Pleasant State closure announcement, including founders, founding year, customer reach, plastic-bottle and charity numbers, B Corp status, and stated reasons for closing: Inside FMCG, 15 January 2026
- Pleasant State closure, additional context on trading conditions and last day of trade (27 January 2026): SmartCompany
- Resparkle All Purpose Cleaner Kit product page (price, kit contents, sachet mechanic, ingredients, EWG ratings, surface compatibility, claim set): https://resparkle.com.au/products/all-purpose-cleaner
- Resparkle Natural Laundry Powder product page (price, wash count, dose, 4-in-1 claim, lab-test claim, awards, packaging): https://resparkle.com.au/products/natural-laundry-powder
- Resparkle About page (founding year, Brunswick Industries and Brite Industries partnerships): https://resparkle.com.au/pages/about
- Environmental Working Group (EWG) ingredient database: https://www.ewg.org/skindeep/
All claims about Pleasant State sourced from the Inside FMCG and SmartCompany articles above, verified on 2026-06-03. Substantiation file: _research/article-52-substantiation.md.
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By the Resparkle team, a small family business based in Brisbane. Last updated: 2026-06-03.
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