Enzymes were originally introduced into cleaning products to replace phosphate-based detergents resulting in lower phosphate levels in the wastewater. Phosphates in wastewater reduce water quality and are a source of eutrophication in lakes and rivers.  The latest generation enzymes offer comparable cleaning while enabling low-temperature clothes washing, resulting in energy savings and reduced greenhouse gas emissions in both commercial and household laundry use¹.  If every household in the US converted to cold water washing it would save 32 Million metric tonnes of CO2 which is equivalent to removal of 1.5 – 6.3 million passenger vehicles. Enzyme technology also enables detergent compaction resulting in significant environmental savings through detergent dose reduction, less packaging, and savings in transport².

¹Cold water washing savings: http://coldwatersaves.org/

² Compaction (PDF) helps with less packaging and lower detergent
(https://www.aise.eu/documents/document/20190410111600-aise_factsheet-2019_compaction_def.pdf)

• Reducing Food Waste
• Improving Animal Nutrition
• Reducing Chemicals in Textile Processing
• Biofuels Generation