A load off your mind


Dr John Lear and Dr Carolyn Jones from BioHygiene discuss Eco-Laundry Products – the small change that can make a big difference.


It’s no secret that laundry is a task that creates particular disdain, whether it be at home or commercially. As a result, this essential chore – and the products used – can often be seen as a job to get out of the way rather than a process within a successful, sustainable cleaning regime.


When focusing on commercial laundry, it’s even more important that the products being used are first and foremost effective and commercially viable, but also kind to fabrics, the user, and most notably the environment.


The reason for this is the sheer quantity utilised. With commercial laundry loads, considerably higher volumes of products are used, meaning if it’s in some way damaging to the wider environment, this damage will be magnified. Likewise, the fabrics and clothes washed in commercial laundry loads will inevitably come into direct contact with the skin of operatives and clients alike – making safety and sensitivity issues ever more vital. Selecting the right ingredients at the outset is key.


Every detergent manufacturer uses proprietary ingredients to produce their specific brands. These ingredients can be manufactured from plants; others may be petroleum- based. It’s the amount of each ingredient and how they are combined that impacts the efficacy of the detergent, sustainability and cost in use.


Making the small change to eco-friendly laundry products, particularly those powered by bio and eco technology, can make a substantial difference to a company’s environmental profile – but why, and how, are these highly effective products so much better for the environment?


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Alongside laundry detergent, most brands will have a range of other laundry products which are specifically suited to delivering certain aims – once again increasing the quantity used. At BioHygiene, for example, we have a biological laundry detergent in addition to a destainer and softener in our eco-laundry range – which utilise the power of both eco and biotechnology.


On the other hand, manufacturers of traditional and non- sustainable products often use harsher, potentially harmful chemicals in order to produce effective products. Some of the more eco-unfriendly culprits include synthetic petroleum derived detergents, phosphates, hydrogen peroxide, bleach, chelating agents such as EDTA/NTA, and quats (quaternary ammonium compounds). All of these ingredients can have adverse effects on both the wider environment and the customer, with some being particularly damaging.


For instance, phosphates possess a worryingly high level of aquatic toxicity, fuelling algae overgrowth, cutting water oxygen levels, and having a devastating effect on marine life.


To give an example, when sourcing our ingredients at BioHygiene, as would be expected of any manufacturer of sustainable cleaning products, it’s important for us to make intelligent choices from the start – using readily biodegradable, sustainable, non-bio accumulative ingredients that achieve high performance with minimal human or environmental impact.


Our eco-surfactants are derived from renewable, sustainable, biobased resources including sugar, RSPO


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