method wins two SHE Cleaning Awards

by UK 14. August 2009 16:38

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.

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toxic turn-in

by UK 5. August 2009 21:50

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.

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Categories: General | green living | healthy home | social responsibility

20 seconds to better health.

by UK 27. May 2009 15:55

you don't need anti-bacterial soap, pesticides or a wire brush to keep your hands clean. all you need is 20 seconds, warm water and some good clean soap.

many anti-bacterial soaps use pesticides like triclosan to kill germs. pesticides are dirty and besides their general nasty-ness, when used excessively they actually promote the development of "super" bacteria and those can't be killed by ordinary cleaners.

method gel hand wash is made with biodegradable ingredients and natural moisturisers that clean and soften hands, effectively removing every last trace of anything nasty.

for cleaner hands and better health all around we're giving away a free gel hand wash to 20 people who tell us their favourite thing to do with their hands in a comment below - remember to keep it clean please.

get clean, healthy hands

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Putting the limelight on Asthma

by UK 12. May 2009 15:34

Method reaches Big Ben: this week we got invited to the Houses of Parliament to mark World Asthma Day and the launch of Missing Out – A report by Asthma UK on the children missing out on childhood because of asthma. needless to say we spread the good clean method love to all and one whilst discussing the serious issues around the most prevalent of all childhood illness.

we got involved with Asthma UK after getting emails and letters from many people thanking us for making products that don’t aggravate their or their children’s asthma and this week is official Putting Asthma in the Limelight week so we have been fundraising with our fantastic online shopping partner Ocado and donating 11% of all sales this week to Asthma UK’s great work with educating around asthma issues and supporting the families of 1 in 11 children that have Asthma.

Leaving you with a couple of stats to inspire you to go and raise some money with lime

87% of children with asthma have missed school because of their asthma

90% of children said asthma stopped them doing exercise

Every 16 minutes a child is admitted to hospital in the UK because of their asthma

– help them breathe easier and raise some funds for Asthma www.asthma.org.uk/methodproducts

here are our own Sarah & Louise (far left & right) with Josie Hawes, the Ocado trading manager and the Asthma UK team Kate Pollard and Clare Hodder (left to right)