Eco Friendly Cleaning Products – a Case Study

Eco friendly cleaning products are becoming widely available as alternative to the more corrosive commercial cleaners most businesses have been used to using. With modern technology paving the way for a new standard of cleanliness, plenty of companies are starting to make the shift. But how well do the modern eco friendly versions match up against their tried and tested, but less environmentally sound, counterparts? 

Overall, there’s little to no evident difference between the cleaning quality of an older style caustic cleaner and a modern eco friendly equivalent. The composition of modern eco friendly cleaning products has been carefully put together to ensure that the finished result of a room or surface cleaned by them is the same as it always was: scientists have simply substituted the older, harsher ingredients for more forgiving ones.

As a case in point, let’s look at a five litre tub of multi surface cleaner. The eco friendly version of this product has been developed with a low pH rating and is free from phosphates, enzymes and solvents. The cleaning liquid is quickly biodegradable to EU standards, ensuring that no harmful residues are able to make their way out into the environment.

Cleaning wise, the multi surface cleaner, like all eco friendly cleaning products, makes a very good account of itself. The product delivers a controlled amount of foam and is suitable either for daily cleaning, or for regular (multiple times during one day) cleaning. Used as part of a regular clean routine, the product delivers a lasting shine, a fresh aroma and lacks smearing.

Because of the lack of caustics, the product is suitable for varying degrees of dilution. In a 1:50 part mixture with water, it is suitable for light cleaning; in 1:30 ratios                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    it provides excellent general cleaning; and in even higher concentrations it can be used for metals or for heavy duty cleaning.

Now that eco friendly cleaning products have reached a stage where they work like the older style products; they smell like the older style products; and they’re better for both user and environment than the older style products; it looks as though the industrial cleaning balance will start to shift in their favour. The price of modern ecologically sound cleaning products for commercial use has come down to appropriate figures, too – comparable quality and quantity products that are not from specific eco friendly ranges come in at the same kinds of prices and sometimes more.

The environment has become a bigger focus for British industry than ever before. Government targets as well as popular pressure have raised the stakes for companies to find ways to import some environmental sustainability into their cleaning routines. The better availability of genuinely useful eco friendly cleaning products is making this step a lot easier to take.

As technology continues to develop and the needs of the environment become ever more apparent, the effectiveness and cheapness of environmentally friendly cleaning products is likely to continue improving. Who knows how long it will be before all cleaning products are eco friendly?