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For decades, commercial cleaners have been stuck in a system built on bulky 5L plastic chemical cans, overflowing store rooms, leaky dilution stations, transport-heavy supply chains, and a whole lot of waste that no one ever measured.
Everyone accepted it as “the way things are.”
But the system was never designed for efficiency.
It definitely wasn’t designed for sustainability.
And it absolutely wasn’t designed for proof.
Today, the commercial cleaning industry is being pushed into a new era one where customers, regulators, auditors, and procurement teams no longer accept vague sustainability claims. They want evidence. They want transparency. They want impact that can be measured, verified, and reported.
This is where Impact Cleaning™ enters the picture.
Earthy Tabs didn’t just build a better cleaning product.
We created a category Proof Powered Impact Cleaning™ a cleaning system where every use can be tracked, every tablet reduces waste, and every clean produces real, audit-ready impact data.
If the last era of cleaning was about chemicals, the next era is about clean + proof.
And that’s exactly what Impact Cleaning represents.
Why Traditional Cleaning Systems Are Failing
If you walk into any commercial cleaner’s storeroom today, you’ll see the same thing:
- Stacks of 5L plastic chemical cans
- Leaky bottles
- Spillage-stained floors
- Shelves full of half-used jerry cans
- Zero visibility on cost-per-clean
- Zero visibility on plastic waste
- Zero visibility on CO₂e emissions
- Absolutely zero measurement
- …and a whole lot of “we’ve always done it this way”
The traditional system has three fundamental failures:
1.1 Failure #1 : You’re Paying to Ship Water
Most liquid commercial cleaners are up to 90% water.
So every 5L can you buy… is essentially a $25 jug of liquid you could have added from your own tap.
That means:
- More pallets
- More trucks
- More CO₂e emissions
- More freight cost
- More plastic
- More landfill
And most companies never realize it.
External Link Opportunity (high-authority source):
Research by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation shows that 90% of cleaning products are water, contributing to unnecessary transport emissions and plastic waste.
1.2 Failure #2 : Over-Dosing & Spillage Waste
Ask any facility manager: dilution waste is massive.
Most staff overpour.
Some guess ratios.
Some don’t dilute at all.
Some spill.
Some try to “make it stronger.”
Every mistake costs money. And all of it is avoidable.
When liquid is the format, human error is built in.
1.3 Failure #3 : No Proof of Sustainability
This is now the biggest liability.
Businesses today must report on:
- Plastic avoided
- CO₂e footprint
- Waste reduction
- Scope 3 emissions
- ESG performance
- Environmental impact over time
But traditional liquid chemicals provide zero data.
Not one litre poured into a bucket is measurable.
That means:
- procurement teams can’t justify sustainability claims
- ESG teams can’t prove reductions
- auditors can’t verify anything
- tenders can’t be supported with numbers
And in 2025 – 2030, sustainability without numbers won’t be accepted.
Impact Cleaning™: The New Standard
Impact Cleaning isn’t a product.
It’s a system.
It’s an evolution.
It’s the shift from:
“Buy chemicals” → “Buy measurable impact.”
“Hope we’re reducing waste” → “Know we are reducing waste.”
“Eco-friendly claims” → “Proof-powered cleaning.”
At its core, Impact Cleaning has two components:
① Tablets (the format)
② Impact Calculator (the measurement)
Together, they shift cleaning from something you do… to something you can prove.
2.1 The Tab-First Format (Why Tablets Replace 5L Cans)
Earthy Tabs tablets solve every inefficiency in the old system.
They are:
- compact
- pre-dosed
- spill-proof
- easier to ship
- safer to store
- drastically lower in carbon footprint
- 90% smaller in logistics volume
- and create zero dilution waste
A single box of tablets replaces dozens of plastic cans.
Internal Linking Opportunity:
In Blog #2 (“The Hidden Costs of 5L Chemical Cans”), we break down the logistics and cost implications of traditional liquid chemicals.
2.2 Impact Telemetry (The Data Layer)
This is the piece the industry has never seen before.
Every tablet has an impact value attached to it:
- kg of plastic avoided
- CO₂e avoided
- storage space saved
- cost-per-clean
- waste prevented
- transport emissions reduced
With our upcoming Impact Calculator, businesses can see exactly:
- how much plastic they’ve prevented from entering landfills
- how many emissions they’ve eliminated
- how much space they’ve saved
- how their cleaning footprint compares over time
- how efficiency improves across sites
It’s not marketing.
It’s not a claim.
It’s not “eco-friendly because we say so.”
It’s measured impact.
Click here to Measure your Impact
Why Impact Cleaning Matters Now More Than Ever
The shift toward measurable sustainability isn’t optional anymore.
It’s being pushed by three powerful forces:
3.1 Force #1 : Business & ESG Regulations (Global)
Across the world, regulations like:
- EU CSRD
- Australia’s Mandatory Climate Disclosures
- SEC Climate Reporting Rules
- Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)
…now require environmental impact reporting.
Information on ESG reporting standards
Facilities using liquid chemicals have no measurable data.
Impact Cleaning fixes that.
3.2 Force #2 : Customer Expectations
People want to buy from:
- sustainable hotels
- sustainable hospitality venues
- sustainable childcare centers
- sustainable facility operators
And they don’t just want statements they want proof.
Impact Cleaning provides that.
3.3 Force #3 : Procurement Demands Evidence
Tender panels now ask:
- “How much plastic will this reduce?”
- “What is the CO₂e reduction?”
- “Do you have data to support these claims?”
Most suppliers can’t answer this.
With Earthy Tabs, your team can submit a tender with a sustainability appendix backed by real data.
The Old Game vs. The New Game
This table captures the shift from “how cleaning used to work” to “how cleaning should work.”
| The Old Game | The New Game (Impact Cleaning) |
| 5L plastic cans | Dissolvable tablets |
| No data | Impact telemetry |
| Guessing dilution | Pre-dosed accuracy |
| Paying for water | Paying for concentrated value |
| Storage-heavy | Storage-light |
| No sustainability proof | Audit-ready dashboards |
| Wasteful logistics | CO₂e-efficient shipments |
| “Eco-friendly” claims | Proof-powered results |
This is a system-level upgrade not a product swap.
The Real-World Benefits of Impact Cleaning
Here’s what Impact Cleaning looks like inside a commercial environment:
5.1 Storage Reduction (Up to 90%)
One carton of Earthy Tabs can replace an entire wall of liquid chemicals.
- Less clutter
- Safer storerooms
- Easier to transport
- No heavy lifting
- No forklift pallets
A childcare center that used to store 60 cans per month can now store 2 boxes.
5.2 Plastic Avoidance
Switching to tablets means no more 5L plastic jerry cans.
Across one facility, this can eliminate hundreds of cans per year.
Across a hotel network… thousands.
Across a national cleaning company… tens of thousands.
Impact Cleaning turns this into verifiable ESG data.
5.3 Zero Dilution Waste
Each tablet = one perfectly dosed clean.
Nothing wasted.
Nothing over-poured.
Nothing spilled.
This alone can reduce chemical consumption by 20–30% in large facilities.
5.4 Transport & CO₂e Savings
No pallets.
No drums.
No heavy freight.
Tablets weigh a fraction of liquid chemicals.
This cuts emissions across the supply chain dramatically.
Freight carbon emissions data
5.5 Cost-per-Clean Transparency
With traditional chemicals, it’s impossible to know the real cost.
With Earthy Tabs:
- every clean has a fixed cost
- every tablet is tracked
- every site can benchmark its performance
Finally, procurement teams get clarity.
Impact Cleaning in Action (Example Scenario)
Here’s a real-world scenario demonstrating the difference:
A Hotel Using Traditional Liquid Chemicals
- 120 plastic cans per month
- 180 kg of plastic per year
- inconsistent dilution
- constant reordering
- high freight cost
- no sustainability data
- storeroom always overloaded
Same Hotel Using Earthy Tabs
- 12 boxes per month
- 0 plastic cans
- perfect dilution
- 90% storage reduction
- lower freight cost
- full impact dashboard
- ESG reporting ready
This is what switching systems looks like.
Why Earthy Tabs Is Leading This Movement
We didn’t create Earthy Tabs from a boardroom.
We created it with the same hands that used to lift those plastic cans, clean those storerooms, and deal with chemical spills.
Our category, Impact Cleaning™, is built on:
- commercial-grade performance
- measurable impact
- sustainability backed by data
- a format that eliminates plastic waste
- a reporting system that empowers operators
- a mission that aligns with real-world cleaning challenges
We’re not here to reduce plastic quietly.
We’re here to help businesses prove their impact to themselves, to their customers, to their auditors, and to the planet.
Clean That Counts. Start Your Impact Today.
Impact Cleaning is the future of commercial cleaning not because it’s eco-friendly,
but because it’s measurable, scalable, data-backed, and undeniable.
If you’re ready to see your own numbers:
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Impact Cleaning™ starts with one small switch.
One tab. One clean. One measurable step toward a cleaner planet.
