As you know, Springwise is all about spotting and sharing good ideas. So we're always thrilled to hear from readers starting up a company (partially) based on something we've written about. Vincent Wek wrote this weekend to tell us about his new company – Home Sweet Home – which he was inspired to start after reading about eco-friendly cleaners Greenway Maid, featured here earlier this year.
Home Sweet Home is dedicated to providing London with an environmentally friendly cleaning service, aiming to offer a deeper and healthier house clean. The company uses Ecover cleaning products, which are made from natural plant and mineral ingredients, have a minimum impact on the environment and are safe for cleaners and a home's inhabitants. Home Sweet Home also uses microfiber cloths, which clean hard surfaces with just hot water, saving the environment (and allergy sufferers) by minimizing the need for harsh cleansers.
We hope increasing numbers of entrepreneurs in service industries will go for the green, and look forward to hearing from you if you're launching a business based on a new business idea you spotted here.
Website: www.homesweethome.uk.net
Contact: Vincent Wek, vincent@homesweethome.uk.net
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Green Cleaning seems truly to gain momentum.
Another startup in this field I recently found that I like very much from a investment perspective and its "green & friendly" corporate culture is Canada's Winning Brands Corporation. They are currently rolling their green cleaners in the US.
I started an eco friendly commercial cleaning company "Mint Clean Ltd" in New Zealand in 2004 but really struggled to get it off the ground. My cleaners only used micro fibre clothes and water but it didn't prove as popular as I thought it might in a commercial sense. I've moved onto other things now but maybe the time is right for someone else to pick up where I left off.
One more idea: your own homegrown ozone generator to clean everything you can think using just your tap water.
Check this out: http://www.tersano.com
Nice article & I admire Vincent's taste. However if you look at our company http://www.ics-online.co.uk
you'll see where he stole his ideas/wording etc from.
If you want a true green cleaning service in London choose our company www.thegreencleaningcompany.com don't go for pale imitations go for the original which is still the best
Thanks for the information! I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and besides Greenway Maids we have a number of other green cleaning services, including the three coops that are part of WAGES - Women's Action to Gain Economic Security. (Now there's ANOTHER good idea!)
After reading this update, I did some searching - and apparently green cleaning services are quite a trend. I've written about it at http://jdorganizer.blogspot.com/2006/11/green-cleaning-services.html
Jeri Dansky | November 28, 2006 12:23 AM