Mike and Martha Robinson, founders of Cleaning Essentials, on the importance of using non-toxic & plastic-free cleaning products and their entrepreneurial journey

Aug 14, 2019

Meet Mike and Martha Robinson, the co-founders and husband and wife team behind Cleaning Essentials, a zero-waste cleaning company dedicated to helping families replace store-bought household chemicals with safe, non-toxic homemade cleaning solutions in beautiful glass bottles.

“For us, it all started when we started having kids. I just became very aware of all the chemicals and the products that we were keeping under the kitchen sink -- products we were trying to keep away from our children. We just kind of started thinking, why do we even need to have these in the house if they’re that dangerous and toxic? It was during that time that we started making our own cleaning products and getting rid of the more toxic ones. We wanted to minimize the exposure that we (primarily our kids) were having to these chemicals.”  -- Martha Robinson (quote slightly edited for clarity)

In this episode we cover:

• How Mike and Martha met (they were 13 when they met, btw! )
• The journey that led Mike and Martha down the road to creating their own cleaning company.
• Their goal to help make non-toxic and plastic-free cleaning products accessible to all.
• The trial and error process they first underwent to develop the most effective non-toxic cleaning formula. 
• Why it was important to them to support and partner with 1% for the Planet and the Plastic Pollution Coalition
• The harmful impact of toxic chemicals on our health.
• The challenges of the startup life while raising a family.
• And so much more.

This was such a great conversation! Happy listening.