We’ve said it before, environmentally friendly products are now mainstream. Green products and services are cool and today’s 60 Second Idea shows us a new twist for Green Entrepreneur.
A couple of weeks ago we talked about eco friendly fashion and today, eco-friendly housecleaning. San Francisco’s Greenway Maid was founded out of the owners frustration with finding reliable cleaning services and her personal interest in using green cleaning products.
What to do? Simple, start a cleaning service using all natural, non-toxic and biodegradable cleaning products because it’s important for our health and the health of our planet. Green products are also healthier, in the long term, for the Green Maid cleaning teams that use them every day.
Green cleaning products are more expensive than their toxic peers making GreenWay Maid a little pricy compared to some of their non green competitors, charging $88-$146 for a 2BR, 2BA home and $117-$175 for a 3BR, 2BA. But the company has found a profitable market because the human and environmental health cost are lower.
Start something similar in your community and you could be cleaning up with some cool cash.
In a nutshell, green products and services provide opportunities for not only profitable new small business ideas, but a chance to reestablish old ones such as house cleaning.
Today's Show Links
http://www.greenwaymaid.com
QuickTime/ITunes Download Link: Download 60 Second Idea Green_Clean.mp4
You are right: green products and services are 'in'. Traditional supermarkets and other venues are beginning to stock organic and other green products. I just hope that this is no passing fad but a recognition that we must change our ways.
Posted by: Rhea | July 19, 2006 at 01:04 PM
I hate cleaning my house. It is just so time consuming and a real pain in the neck. That's why I have a house cleaning service do it for me anymore.
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