Delphis Eco (commercial cleaning products)
Delphis Eco is the main brand of commercial eco-friendly cleaning products for offices, hotels, restaurants, schools, doctor/dental surgeries, hospitals etc. The entire range is biodegradable, sold in recycled plastic bottles and has super reviews! Use with plastic-free sponges or cloths.
Essential oils should be avoided for pregnancy/nursing and near babies/pets. Citrus oils are toxic to pets (even if rinsed and dried, residue nearby could be licked from paws). For these areas, just clean surfaces with baking soda and/or cleaning vinegar.
Never mix vinegar or lemon juice with any bleach (causes toxic gas).
Use floor cleaners with a plastic-free mop or use a bucket filter if using a microfiber mop, to stop leaching microplastics (collect and securely bin them, to avoid them washing away at landfill).
The range includes:
- Foaming & Combi Oven Cleaners
- Heavy Duty Toilet & Limescale Remover
- Washroom Cleaner & Urinal Blocks
- Metal Polish
- Chewing Gum Remover
- Natural Salad Wash
- Commercial Hand Soap
- Floor Maintainer (for mops or floor machines)
- Heavy Duty Degreaser
- Scented Air Freshener
- Cabinet Glass Wash
- Masonry & Stone Cleaner
- Waterless Hand Rub
- Low Foam Degreaser
- X-Factor Stain Remover Spray (for sticky marks, spills & pen marks).
Where to Recycle Toxic Cleaning/Laundry Products
For toxic cleaning/laundry products, you can recycle empty bottles with kerbside collections. For bottles with product, dispose of them at your council’s hazardous waste department.
The Story of Delphis Eco
Delphis Eco was founded by city banker Mark Jankovich, who when he discovered what goes into most cleaning brands, was horrified. So decided to do something to help.
Ensuring that products reduced the impact to aquatic life and worked as well (or better) than conventional competitors. Mark also created the ‘recycled plastic rating’ code on bottles.
Nothing is 100% harmless (that would be water). But these are as good as you get (never pour neat essential oils down sinks or drains, this would harm aquatic life).
Despite being the main brand used by many large supermarkets for their catering and warehouses, the same shops rarely sell Delphis Eco in stores for customers (why not?) You can find them in some Waitrose branches.
According to Which?, six in ten products failed to meet principles of the Green Claims Code. 84% failed at least one of the key checks. This is why independent trusted watchdogs are essential. When consumers are misled by glossy marketing and vague environmental promises, everyone loses, especially the planet. Delphis Eco
Delphis Eco is now a major eco-cleaning brand, worth several million pounds (it helps when a banker founds it, as he knows how to do the numbers!) He does also credit the TV series from Sir David Attenborough as that was when everyone starting questioning single-use plastics.
Mark thinks that supermarkets won’t be legally allowed to sell single-use items in a few years, everything will be refillable (like zero waste shops). The best advice he got for starting a business?
If someone gave you a wand, what would you do? Ok, so now do it!
