Water savings

Independent research commissioned by Deb Group has shown that when using foam soap for hand washing, people use 16% less water than when using liquid soap.

Dr John Hines, R&D director at Deb, says that water consumption can be cut by up to 45% by adopting a foam soap hand washing technique of dispense, lather, tap on, rinse. Deb says that for every 100 people employed, use of foam soap for hand washing can equate to an annual water reduction of up to 56,000L and, as warm water is usually used, there are also savings in energy use and CO2 emissions.

Dr Hines says an experiment conducted by Deb showed foam soap to be eight times more spreadable than lotion soap