Why have a green star building and then fill it with cleaning chemicals?
Chemical pollution is so pervasive that it has breached one of the nine “planetary” boundaries, the defined limits for ecological processes beyond which the earth’s environment will be unable to regulate.
At the latest count there are over 350,000 synthetic chemicals on the planet and humans are regularly exposed to small concentrations of thousands of substances, including 12,000 “forever chemicals” such as PFAS, which do not break down in the environment.
Despite the hazards they pose, chemicals are ubiquitous in cleaning and activities where sanitising is involved such as food preparation and environmental cleaning. But there is a way to clean surfaces or sanitise food without the use of harmful substances.
eWater markets electrolysed water on site generators that are disrupting the chemicals industry, reducing carbon, water pollution and improving air quality. And costly consumables. eWater is a HACCP certified organic food sanitiser and a TGA registered hard surface disinfectant.
eWater has installed more than 600 eWater installations across Australia and New Zealand with clients, including GPT, Deloitte, Macquarie, Commonwealth Bank, Ashurst, Qantas and David Jones, as well as in hospitals, aged care, child care and government buildings
These installations have replaced more than 450 million litres of harmful chemicals and avoided the need for 100 million single-use plastics. This has saved customers a collective $45 million. And counting.
“eWater is true circular solution with no fragrances, no synthetics no single use plastics, no carbon heavy production and no reliance on carbon heavy petrochemicals or uncertain supply chains,” eWater founder Phil Gregory says.
Made from just three naturally occurring ingredients – water, salt and electricity – electrolysis involves passing an electric current through water, splitting the H2O and NaCl molecules into two substances that can be used for cleaning, disinfecting and sanitising – sodium hydroxide (NaOH) of cleaning and hypochlorous acid (HOCl)for sanitising and disinfecting.
eWater is generated on site and can be placed in reusable containers, is fully biodegradeable and generates no waste. Installing a unit above a sink in a kitchen or cleaning room avoids the carbon emissions created when chemicals are delivered to a site in plastic containers and can pass through drain and sewage systems without causing contamination.
eWater has been enthusiastically embraced by the healthcare, hospitality, education and corporate sectors as a zero-waste, circular and toxin-free cleaning and sanitising solution. The International Convention Centre (ICC) in Darling Harbour, Sydney has used eWater in its kitchen since it opened in late 2016 for hand washing, cleaning produce and wiping down hard surfaces.
“With an on-demand, on-site generation system that provides unlimited supply, eWater Systems allows us to continue minimising our carbon footprint by reducing demand for packaged chemicals and single use plastic waste,” ICC director of culinary services Lynell Peck says.
eWater units could be installed in all types of properties, such as offices, shopping centres, hotels, industrial facilities, and schools. Switching from chemical cleaners to eWater can help property owners earn Green Star innovation points and contribute to WELL Building criteria for indoor environments.
