Are green products genuinely good for the environment?
October 1st 2007

While the swing towards all things 'natural' continues apace, the UK Cleaning Products Industry Association says the expectation that natural products are safer and more sustainable is not supported by fact.The UKCPI has launched a discussion paper that aims to sort fact from fiction in the natural versus chemical debate.

Meeting Natural Expectations' central thrust is that the separation of things 'natural' from things that are 'chemical' is irrelevant.'All substances are just arrangements of atoms of the same 90-odd chemical elements of which the planet is made', it points out.

"For a variety of reasons, the trend is towards mistrusting manufactured man-made products," says Dr Andy Williams, director general of UKCPI."Yet there is no evidence that they are less safe, or sustainable.

Indeed it must be remembered that a central key to sustainability of the whole life cleaning cycle is performance.

Using too much product drains resources, including energy and adds to waste." For a copy of the publication, call the number below.

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