Sustainability Matters Today

According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, more than 90 percent of a bottle of standard cleaning product is just water. Considering that people in most developed countries have access to clean water, this current production scheme seems like a waste. Factories mix their cleaning solution with water, package it in bottles and ship it around the world. Shipping products with heavy water requires more trips because of bulky packages, more carbon emissions and more work. Come to think of it, mixing cleaning products yourself doesn’t sound like such an unusual solution - think of how we make coffee at home: we buy dried coffee grounds and add hot water. In this Episode of Sustainability Champions, I speak with Jon Bostock, co-founder of Truman’s, author of the book “The Elephant’s Dilemma” and Champion of Breaking Supply Chains. Truman’s offers sets of powdered cleaning solutions for laundry machines, dishwashers and toilets that need to be mixed with water before use. With their subscription, all of your clean