Super Clean, Super Green – Cleanery’s Mark and Ellie Sorenson
This Climate Business
English - October 10, 2022 13:00 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBBusiness News Business News emissions environmental environmental science sustainability zero emissions Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In 1993, school boy Mark Sorenson got 20/20 for an essay about the dangers of plastic packaging. 29 years later Mark and his business partner and wife, Ellie, have established Cleanery, a kiwi start-up that’s attracted millions in venture capital and now has products ranged across NZ and Australian supermarkets.
Cleanery removes the water and the plastic bottle from household cleaners, offering
instead a sachet of cleaning powder. Simply tip the powder into any bottle, add warm water, and presto, you’ve got the beginnings of a sparkling clean bathroom or kitchen.
Declaration of interest: Vincent does some consulting work for Cleanery and has invested a
tiny fraction via the Climate Venture Capital Fund.