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optionsforlife was founded in 2004 by Walter Coddington, marketing consultant to Fortune 500 companies, founder of Ad Age top-ranked sales promotion agency CCM, author of the McGraw-Hill business textbook “Environmental Marketing” and environment and development consultant to the United Nations Environment Program and the United Nations Population Fund respectively. Walter Coddington associates Bryan Thomlison and Lenna played a large roll in the early development of the optionsforlife product line and company.

Today, optionsforlife cleaning products for commercial, janitorial and household use represent the very latest in 21st Century bio-based green cleaning chemistry. It starts with replacing toxic, non-renewable petroleum-based surfactants (the primary cleaning wetting and detergency agents) with bio or plant-based surfactants.

But that is just the beginning ... we also:

* replace chlorine bleach with hydrogen peroxide;
* replace traditional acids (used in many tub and tile cleaners) with organic salt solutions; and we
* replace non-biodegradable alcohol (commonly used in glass and window cleaners) with biodegradable solvents that are not nearly as irritating to the skin.

Compared to conventional toxic cleaners, optionsforlife non-toxic cleaners receive better marks for surface gloss retention and surface safety (meaning they don’t dull and scratch surfaces over time as toxic cleaners can).

optionsforlife bio-based cleaners are stronger than most other green or non-toxic cleaners in part because we put more active ingredient in our ready-to-use products. optionsforlife cleaning products are much safer to use around children, pets and plants, and they are better for the environment than most conventional cleaners.

But don’t just take our word for it.

optionsforlife concentrated products are Green Seal Certified. They meet Green Seal’s standard for industrial and institutional cleaners based on their performance as well as their reduced human and aquatic toxicity and reduced smog production potential.

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