Established in 2017, the company has grown quickly over the last five years and now services more than 30 businesses across multi-locations, including well-known household names.

Enhancing sustainability is one of Tatry Group’s top priorities and is often why the Group is chosen as a service provider over its competitors. For example, it’s an entirely paperless organisation that uses a fleet of hybrid vehicles to reduce its carbon footprint. The next step for the Group was to adopt a more sustainable approach to cleaning processes, looking at ways to reduce plastic waste and replace synthetic chemicals where possible.

Tatry Group’s Managing Director, Jonathan Sisk, explained: “We had been looking for a more environmentally friendly cleaning system for a while.
After hearing such great things about Toucan Eco, and the benefits it would bring to our business, we decided to trial it on multiple sites to see if it was up to the test.”

Toucan Eco systems produce an effective disinfectant cleaner using only tap water, regular salt and electrochemical activation. The system removes the need for the majority of synthetical cleaning chemicals, along with all of the plastic bottle waste these solutions are supplied in, replacing them with a powerful but safe and non-toxic solution, which can be made on demand, that’s certified to EN 14476 and EN 16777 for viruses and EN 1276 and EN 13697 for bacteria.

Toucan Eco needed to meet certain criteria before the Group could make a final decision. This included how the product performed on different surfaces; efficacy of killing germs and bacteria; usability on-site and how cost-effective the system would be to roll out.

Following the pilot, the frontline cleaning teams were delighted with Toucan Eco’s performance and were in agreement that Toucan Eco was the right product to meet their requirements.

Tatry Group has installed a total of 10 Toucan Eco Worktop systems to date and is in the process of rolling out more systems across all of its client’s sites. All of the Group’s cleaning teams use microfibre cloths to clean with Toucan Eco.

It’s now being used to hygienically clean all hard surfaces across the 210 sites, using a spray and wipe method on worktops, tables and chairs – anything that staff and customers are coming in contact with – and replaces 11 chemicals the Group previously bought in. Toucan Eco doesn’t replace heavy degreasers or descalers, although it is effective if used as part of a daily clean.

“For us, it has a return on investment of within six months, after which we’re saving all of our chemical spend.

”The feasibility for Toucan Eco included a business case comparing the capital expenditure of the models versus potential savings to work out its payback period. Goodwin explained: “For us, it has a return on investment of within six months, after which we’re saving all of our chemical spend. It’s effectively free to make from that point onwards.”

Toucan Eco has now replaced around 50% of the cleaning products, including synthetic chemicals, that the Group used on a site. Jonathan explains, “Toucan
Eco has made a significant difference to reducing waste, as a large number of our sites have now adopted Toucan Eco so we’ve seen a huge reduction in our single-use plastic waste. There was no other cleaning product that allowed us to do this. The product is a lot safer to use than other chemicals and puts our minds at ease knowing our staff are in a safer working environment.”

A huge benefit to the Tatry Group team is the reduction in consumable delivery. Previously, when using multiple products, its teams would need to make regular weekly deliveries to client sites. As a result of using Toucan Eco, the Group has reduced its carbon emissions further as the product can be made on site and has therefore reduced the requirement for regular deliveries. Jonathan added: “Using Toucan Eco across our sites has made a significant difference to the way our services are delivered. Not only does the system save time for our cleaning staff, it has also saved our customers money in consumables, and they are delighted with the installation of the Toucan Eco systems. We highly recommend using Toucan Eco as your everyday cleaner as it cuts down delivery costs, speeds up the cleaning process and kills over 99% of bacteria, ensuring safe sanitisation.”