UK resurgence of traditional domestic cleaning, Washing & Ironing

UK resurgence of traditional domestic cleaning - 17/07/2008

It seems to be a case of in with the old and out with the new among modern domestic cleaning products at the moment.

Demand for traditional cleaning products such as vinegar and bicarbonate of soda is so high, one cleaning manufacturer has even reintroduced older products into its range.

Dri-Pak, which was founded in 1961, is to reintroduce bicarbonate of soda, borax and white vinegar alongside its soap flakes and soda crystals.

The firm's founder, Peter Maxwell, claims that the old tricks really are the best.

He told the Ilkeston Advertiser: "They're effective! I'm not knocking other products - but the research we have had done shows that people would like to be green but some other products aren't as effective.

"Our sales of Bicarbonate of Soda and Borax have increased by 300 per cent in the last four years and White Vinegar has experienced a sales increase of over 600 per cent between 2005 and 2007."

Dri-Pak recently launched a new environmentally friendly cleaning product Laundry Oxygen Bleach that can be used to boost clothes cleaning.