26 Nov 2019

Will & Able: cleaning products with a social upside

From Nine To Noon, 9:35 am on 26 November 2019

L-R Shayan, Lisa, Kaneesha, Stephen, Mosiah, Monique, Thomas and Hilton who are involved in all steps in the process of producing Will&Able from decanting & labelling to boxing.

Monique labelling the ecoDish Liquid bottles with the label which bears her photo.

The Will&Able range includes ecoHand Soap, ecoDish Liquid, ecoToilet Cleaner, ecoMulti-Purpose and ecoLaundry Liquid

Monique who is featured on the label of the dish liquid.

Kathryn meets Martin Wylie from a new social enterprise, selling environmentally friendly cleaning products produced by people with disabilities. Will & Able is part of Altus Enterprises which currently employs more than 200 people with mental and physical disabilities. Martin Wylie says demand for Will & Able products has been growing sharply and he hopes to create up to 100 new jobs in the next two years.

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