International Coastal Cleanup Month began more than 30 years ago with the goal of collecting and documenting the trash that litters our coastlines. Today, an estimated 6 million volunteers from over 90 countries and throughout the U.S. participate in local Cleanup events each September. The cumulative result is not only a cleaner and healthier coastline, but also increased awareness about simple actions people can integrate […]
Earth Overshoot Day 2020: Unintentional Improvements are not a Sustainable Solution
What is Earth Overshoot Day? Earth Overshoot Day marks the date each year when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services worldwide in a given year exceeds what the Earth can regenerate in that same year. This year, Earth Overshoot Day lands on August 22nd. This is due to the current rate of global depletion of ecological resources combined with the accumulation of waste, primarily carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere. Currently, […]
We’re Starting with Ourselves
A couple of years ago, Cleanyst set out with a simple mission—to create safe and effective natural body and home care products and deliver them in a way that protects our planet. Most days we have the privilege of thinking about issues of health, wellness and sustainability. We discuss the merits of plant-based ingredients, ways to reduce our environmental footprint, and we transparently share our knowledge and understanding of the personal […]
HAPPY GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY, EARTH DAY!
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, a movement that began in 1970 with a mission to “build the world’s largest environmental movement to drive transformative change for people and planet.” That year, 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks, and auditoriums to demonstrate against the environmental degradation caused by decades of industrial development. Since then, over 1 billion people […]
Cleanyst Earns USDA Certified Biobased Product Label
Cleanyst is now able to display a unique USDA label that highlights the percentage of biobased content in all of its personal and home care products as well as the product packaging. Miami, FL. (April 17, 2020) — Cleanyst announced today that it has earned the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Certified Biobased Product label for its entire initial portfolio of body and home care concentrates, as well as the sugar cane-based pouches that […]
Rays of Hope in the Midst of a Global Pandemic
We hope you all are well, safe and taking all precautions to protect yourselves and others during these uncomfortable and unprecedented times. FEELING INUNDATED BY NUMBERS? Over the last several days, we—like so many others—have found ourselves thinking a lot about numbers. We check the number of reported COVID-19 cases and the rising death toll […]
The Cleanyst Approach to Plastic Waste
We hope that you are doing well and that 2020 is off to a great start. 2019 certainly was an unforgettable year for Cleanyst. We acquired our first customers through a successful Kickstarter campaign, conducted a preliminary life cycle assessment and started to produce the tooling required to manufacture our system. We know that 2020 […]
Update on Life Cycle Assessment and Delivery Timeline
Hello Cleanyst Community! This post is a quick update on where we are currently at with product manufacturing and anticipated deliveries since our last update after our successful Kickstarter campaign ended in June we have been diligently finalizing the various components of our system with an eye towards ensuring optimal performance and the smallest possible […]
236% Funded on Kickstarter!
Hello Cleanyst community! I haven’t written a post since late February because my team and I have been hard at work on our Kickstarter campaign, which wrapped up today after launching over six weeks ago on May 8th. I am thrilled to report that our project was successfully funded on Day 1 and we secured […]
Living the Cleanyst Life
Today, I wanted to share a little about my experience using Cleanyst in my home. Of course, I am only talking about our latest and greatest prototype, but it’s close enough to the final product to give me a real-world taste of the Cleanyst experience. Where Cleanyst lives. We have the appliance on a counter […]