For us, winning cleaning awards is like winning at the Oscars. Minus the red carpet, the ball gown and the teary-eyed speech that's cut short by music. So you can imagine how chuffed we are as we've just received word that our stainless steel cleaner and tub n’ tile spray were voted Best in Category by SHE readers in their 2009 Cleaning Awards poll. SHE is a top monthly women's magazine with a readership of over 420,000. From what we understand, the voter turn-out was great and, just like the Oscars, the competition was stiff. In the stainless steel category, our steel for real spray beat out cleaners from Bar Keepers Friend, Homebase, Lakeland and Cif. And in the tile cleaning category, voters selected our tub n’ tile spray over Astonish, B&Q, Mrs Whites and Betterware.

Our sincere thanks to all the SHE readers and people against dirty who voted, because we certainly couldn't have done this without you. It's one thing for us to tell you that method products work really well, but it's always nice to hear from somebody who doesn’t work for the company. 

There was a good turn-out of local families at Orleans Infant School on a sunny Friday in Richmond.

There was a large bathtub in the yard filled with method products.There was a man in an orange HazMat suit, who knows all about how to recycling thing safely - he proved to be a big hit with the kids.

 

It was 10th July, Green Britain Day, and we had a very successful first Toxic Turn-In in the UK.

We asked parents to turn-in their traditional household cleaners, which are typically laden with toxic chemicals, in exchange for people friendly, environmentally friendly method products.

 

 

The idea was to highlight the importance of green cleaners and help people evict toxic chemicals from their home for good. Orleans is an eco-friendly school with an allotment, wormery and other goodies. All parents paid a £ to exchange a cleaner and all money raised went to the school Ec-project fund. so we're expecting a mini-windfarm!!

Big thanks to Stephanie, the tireless school secretary who organized everything with Jocelyn. To our Louise, who somehow managed to fit the tub and all those products in her not-so-massive car, and to Mark, the nice man in the orange suit ,who made sure all hazardous material was disposed of properly. And thanks to everyone who participated, especially the children of Orleans Infants for keeping up the good fight against dirty! 

some people have since asked when the next toxic turn-in is - and how to organize one somewhere else. The answer is: if you fancy organising a toxic turn-in (and it does take some organizing to be allowed around so much hazardous waste - no kidding.) Get in touch and we'll see how we can help.