Industry Information
The UKCPI represents UK producers of cleaning, hygiene and surface care products - in other words, products associated with cleaning. They range from soaps, washing powders, household disinfectants, air care and polishes, to the wide range of professional cleaning and hygiene products used in industrial and institutional applications.
Interesting Facts about the UK Cleaning Products Industry
- The UK Cleaning Products Industry has annual sales of around £3billion of which £700million is attributable to the Professional, Industrial and Institutional sector per year
- The average person in the UK does 2.3 washes per week
- The average person in the UK uses 8 bars of soap per year and an average 600 bars during a lifetime.
European Interesting Facts
- In Europe 37.65 billion laundry washes are done every year which equates to:
- 722million washes per week
- 103 million washes per day
- 1200 washes per second
- Did you know that only 49% of wash loads are fully loaded in Europe?
- If all loads were washed full, 715 million litres of water a day would be saved.
- Did you know that the average temperature of a machine wash is 42.6 degrees?
- Only 30% of loads are washed at 30 degrees or lower, and 19% are still washed at 60 degrees or higher.
- In spite of the fact that they usually measure the amount of detergent they put in the machine (79%), only 65% of consumers dose according to the recommendations provided by manufacturers (with differences among regions eg 56% in Western Europe and 73% in Eastern Europe).
- It is therefore important to read the label and continue promoting the guidance provided for optimal dosing.