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13/05/2026

Scrubbing for Good. Vol. 3. 🦪
Yesterday, 55 of us scrubbed 6,000 native oysters in a single day. Ahead of schedule by the end of it too.

This week’s mission: 20,000 oysters cleaned, packed, and released into Chichester Marina by Friday.

One oyster can filter up to 200 litres of water a day.
20,000 oysters = around 4 million litres of water filtered daily once established.

And over time, once they settle and breed, those numbers only grow.

This isn’t just a one-off clean-up. It’s the start of a living, self-expanding filtration system in the Solent.

A few hours of scrubbing oysters, catching up, having a laugh, and doing something genuinely good at the same time.

Huge respect to the teams making this happen:
🦪 Blue Marine Foundation
🦪 Solent Seascape Project
🦪 Chichester Marina

If you ever get the chance to join a session, do it.
It’s messy. It’s hard work.
And it’s genuinely great.

Oysters for good. One at a time.

01/05/2026

Commercial cleaning has a technology problem.
And we believe that is also part of its recruitment problem.

Today, Antoni joined Haigh on the FM
Technology Show to talk about AI, sensors, robotics, automation, data, and the future of commercial cleaning.

The UK cleaning, hygiene and waste sector employs around 1.5 million people, but only 9% are under 25, while 27% are over 55.

That should make the industry stop and think.
If we want younger people to see cleaning as a real career, we need to stop presenting it like an industry stuck in the past.

Technology can help teams respond earlier, reduce wasted time, and put effort where it matters most.

But the biggest point from today’s conversation was this:
Technology is not the hard part.

People are.

A big thank you to Natalie for the invitation and for making the topic so accessible.

Changing the technology is one thing.
Changing the stigma around the industry is the bigger job.

24/04/2026

106,900 seeds went into the Solent this weekend.
And that’s only the start.

Last weekend, we were knee-deep in the Solent planting seagrass alongside an incredible group of volunteers.

50,300 seeds at Seaview on the Isle of Wight.
56,600 at Calshot.
106,900 in total — the biggest single planting effort this project has seen.

Why does it matter?

Because the Solent once had thriving seagrass meadows.
Now, almost gone.

Seagrass:
stores carbon faster than land ecosystems
stabilises the seabed
supports fish, seahorses, and entire food chains

All of that, nearly gone.

We’re now in our third year supporting the Seagrass Restoration Project with Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.

Collecting seed. Sorting it. Planting it.
Then coming back to see what survives.

No shortcuts.
No instant results.
No guarantees.

A huge thank you to everyone involved — especially the volunteers who show up, get cold, and get it done.

106,900 seeds in the ground.

Now we find out what holds.

09/04/2026

We took our cleaning robot to an AI conference.

And it turns out a lot of people had questions.

On 24th March the Eco Drift team exhibited at Solent FutureScape, the Solent Growth Partnership's inaugural AI and technology conference in Hedge End.

We demonstrated Proximetrix, our own smart building sensor platform, and ran a live cleaning robot demo as part of a session on technology adoption in facilities management.

The question that came up most was not about the technology. It was about people. How do you bring your team with you?

How do you make sure automation elevates your staff rather than threatening them?

That is the question we care most about. Because the technology is only as good as the people using it.

Proud to be a local business representing the region at an event like this. And proud of the team who make everything we demo actually work every single day across nearly 100 sites.

Titan the robot was also there. There was a group hug. No further comment.

Thank you to the Solent Growth Partnership for a brilliant event.

Every hour your team spends on admin is an hour they are not spending on your customers. How many of those hours are you losing every day?

02/03/2026

On Friday night, Eco Drift Commercial Cleaning won Sustainable Business of the Year at the The News, Portsmouth Business Awards.

We’re incredibly proud of our team and grateful to our clients and partners who support the way we work.

Sustainability by Design has been part of how we operate for 14 years and this recognition belongs to everyone involved.

Short message from me below 👇

Small done well, multiplied, is big.

13/02/2026

Sustainability can sometimes sound like a lot of noise.

Big pledges. Buzzwords. Targets.

For us, it has always been simpler than that.
Since 2011, we’ve tried to build Eco Drift properly from the start.

Choose products carefully.
Cluster sites to reduce travel.
Test ideas before rolling them out.
Avoid shortcuts we would only have to fix later.

No big gestures.
Just steady decisions made properly, and stuck to.

This week we were included in the Green Growth 100, recognising some of the UK’s most sustainable businesses.

It’s a proud moment for our team.

But the real work looks exactly the same tomorrow morning as it did yesterday.

And that’s the point.

Thank you to our clients, partners and team members who make this possible every day.

05/02/2026

This week, Eco Drift Commercial Cleaning was shortlisted for Sustainable Business of the Year at the Portsmouth Business Awards 2026.

Most sustainability work doesn’t look like sustainability work.
It looks like everyday decisions made early, and then stuck to.

We’re proud of the recognition. But what matters more to us is why we’re here.

Since 2011, sustainability hasn’t been an add-on at Eco Drift. If something isn’t sustainable, it simply doesn’t enter the business. That applies to the products we use, the systems we design, and the way we operate day to day.

Not because it sounds good.
Because it’s practical.

Small decisions, done consistently, add up over time. And when lots of businesses do that, it really matters.

Being shortlisted is a nice moment. Tomorrow, the work continues exactly the same as it did yesterday.

And that’s how it should be.

20/01/2026

Restoring the Solent, one seed at a time 🌱
Last Friday, we spent the day supporting the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, helping to sort seagrass seeds as part of the Solent Seagrass Restoration Project.

This is a project we support through our 1% for the Planet commitment, and one we’ve been involved with for a couple of years now.

The seeds were collected back in the summer.
After months of processing, they’re now being carefully sorted and prepared for planting back into the Solent over the coming months.

This year, volunteers across the project collected over 5,000 seeds, more than in previous years. Each one will play a small part in restoring vital marine habitats locally.

It’s slow, hands-on work. Repetitive. Easy to overlook from the outside.

But this is how real environmental recovery actually happens.

It was great to work alongside so many committed volunteers, and with Professor Tim Ferrero and Ellie from the Wildlife Trust, who continue to drive this project forward with care and long-term thinking.

We’re proud to support this work and to play a small part in restoring the — one seed at a time.

03/12/2025

A little festive spirit goes a long way 🎄✨

The other day our team took a few minutes between jobs to put up the Christmas tree on-site and it completely lifted the mood in the building.

It’s the small moments that make a team.
A bit of laughter, helping each other out, and taking pride in the space (even when the work is behind the scenes).

Massive well done to the team, you make Eco Drift what it is. 💚

21/11/2025

On Tuesday, our Managing Director Antoni spoke at the Climate Ready Portsmouth Conference 🌱

Representing Eco Drift alongside major organizations like Portsmouth International Port, University of Portsmouth, the NHS Trust, Southern Water, and Portsmouth Water, plus voices from Southampton City Council and Leeds University.

The message? Small, done well, multiplied is big.

When one workplace shifts toward sustainability, then another, and another, you're not watching isolated businesses. You're watching a city change how it operates.
We've been sustainability-by-design since the beginning. If it's not sustainable, it doesn't enter our supply chain.

Simple as that.

Proud to be part of Portsmouth's journey toward climate resilience 💙

Big thanks to Portsmouth City Council, Shaping Portsmouth, and Lakeside North Harbour for bringing everyone together.

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Bldg 1000, Lakeside North Harbour, Western Road, Cosham
Portsmouth
PO63EN

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http://www.ecodriftcleaning.co.uk/

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