Earth Your While
Join Jack and Ellie from Reuseabox as they chat with industry experts, sustainable business leaders and change-makers as they try to uncover the simplest ways to make your business better for people and the planet.
Earth Your While
Episode 41 – The Dirty Truth About Kitchen Sponges (and What It’s Costing the Planet) with Matt Guest
Each year, over 400 million kitchen sponges end up in landfill in the UK alone and most of them are made of plastic. In this episode, we’re joined by Matt Guest, Co-founder of Composty, a family-run business on a mission to reduce the environmental impact of cleaning routines at home and at work.
Composty is leading the charge with fully compostable, plastic-free cleaning products, recognised by the Good Housekeeping Institute for Best Eco Sponge and Best Plastic-Free Sponge.
Topics covered include:
- Why most ‘green’ sponges aren’t actually ‘green’
- The hidden environmental cost of your kitchen sponge
- How microplastics from cleaning tools are harming health and ecosystems
- The myths around eco-cleaning products
- Building a purpose driven brand in a sceptical marketplace
- Why meaningful change starts with simple, everyday swaps
Matt also shares how the pandemic reignited urgency around collective action and why, in his words, "sustainability should just be the way we do stuff."
Music by Stock_Studio from Pixabay.