Vegan cleaning products you can use in your home
Veganism isn’t just the flavour of the month. You might think it walking down your local high street – after all, fast food giants like McDonald’s, KFC and Greggs are falling over each other to tickle your tastebuds with vegan offerings this ‘Veganuary’. But there’s more to veganism than what’s on the end of your fork. It means you can’t wear clothes and shoes made from animal products – your furnishings can’t be either - and it also changes the way you have to clean your house. Fortunately, vegan cleaning products bloomed and blossomed in 2019 and there are plenty of options available on the market for you to choose from.
Here’s some to get you started.
Eco-friendly specialists.
Method’s founders were named ‘People of the Year’ 2006 by PETA
Method offer a bold, bright and beautiful range of cleaning products, including this stunning selection of specialty surface cleaners. Besides providing 100% vegan cleaning products, they were the first brand to use ‘recovered ocean plastic’ in their plastic packaging and offer a sustainable alternative by providing refill pouches in lieu of customers buying more plastic containers.
Leaping Bunny* certified? Yes.
Price: Starting from £2.73
The only thing than the Belgian chocolate is the sweet smells of Belgian brand Ecover’s 100% vegan cleaning products
Ecover are all about “Clean products. Clean homes. Clean values”. Launched in the UK in 1991, the Belgian brand intend to roll out 100% “plantastic” recycled plastic bottles for their vegan cleaning products by the end of 2020. Their floor soap will give your flooring a natural glow that only a 100% vegan blend can achieve.
Leaping Bunny certified? Yes.
Price: Starting from £3.50
Own-brand favourites.
Tesco have roared back on top to be the UK’s number one Supermarket choice by listening to what their customers want.
Tesco have had their ear to the ground and have listened to their increasingly conscious customers who want clean homes without using environmentally hazardous products. They developed the ‘Eco Active’ range - plant-based, non-toxic cleaning products – and packaged it in a bottle made of up to 45% recycled plastic. Since January 2018, Tesco has made a commitment to stop sourcing products that are tested on animals.
Leaping Bunny certified? No.
Price: Starting from £1.00
Wilkinson’s range of eco-friendly cleaning products “doesn’t cost the Earth”.
Best known for decorating, homeware and DIY, Wilkinson’s have diversified and entered the world of eco-friendly cleaning. The packaging of their plant-derived vegan cleaning products has a minimum of 50% recycled packaging that you can be recycle again after use. In their own words, there’s no more ‘toxic elements’ and ‘harsh additives’ – just products that are better for your health and the environment.
Leaping Bunny certified? No.
Price: Starting from £1.00
Household names.
Despite being a hot new social media trend, Zoflora isn't a new kid on the block – it’s been around nearly 100 years!
If you use the internet at all, you will no doubt have come across Zoflora – the cult favourite of Facebook pages and Instagram users. Despite their new-found popularity, they’ve actually been on the scene for quite a while: almost 100 years in fact. They specialise in disinfectants that are 100% vegan – so if you have any of our laminate or vinyl flooring products, they’ll be perfect for keeping them fresh and fragrant.
Leaping Bunny certified? No.
Price: Starting from £1.00
The most astonishing thing about these products is they are 100% vegan
Astonish are a second-generation family business who have been buffing and shining lives for over fifty years. They are the only UK manufactured household cleaning product that is approved by the Vegan and Vegetarian Society. Unlike other products on this list, Astonish have an excellent carpet shampoo that you can use with professional carpet cleaning equipment. We recommend that you have your carpets professionally cleaned every year, so whether you have a Blissful Twist, Granada Berber Loop or Sunrise Twist carpet, Astonish’s vegan cleaning products might be for you.
Leaping Bunny certified? Yes.
Price: Starting from £1.00
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So, there you have it – some of our favourite vegan cleaning products.
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*Leaping Bunny: Products that have achieved the Leaping Bunny standard have been confirmed to have undergone no new animal testing in their development.