If there's one repetitive household chore that many people would gladly do without, it's laundry. What if someone offered to wash and fold your clothes for you using eco-friendly, non-polluting methods, with the added bonus of home delivery? That's what Omyload offers!
A Forward-Thinking Company
Omyload was born out of the need of a young family with four children looking for a company to take over their laundry chores. Finding no solutions, the parents decided to start their own business.
Omyload stands out with its simple and sustainable approach to textile care. Unlike traditional cleaners, the company offers a full range of services, from washing clothes and running shoes to cleaning carpets, duvets, coats, and delicate items.
Omyload also extends its services to businesses, offering B2B solutions to hotels, restaurants, and offices. This approach allows employers to offer this service as a social benefit to their employees, freeing them from this household chore.
To use their services, simply download the mobile app available on the App Store and Google Play, or sign up on the website. After creating an account, the customer can place an order. The clothes are picked up from home and delivered 48 hours later, clean, dried, and folded.
Tailored Washing for Each Garment
Omyload doesn't just sort clothes by color but also by fiber type. The treatment and washing are thus adapted to the fabric, which extends the life of the clothes and saves the customer money in the long run on clothing purchases. More delicate items, such as shirts and suits, are returned on hangers.
To ensure the cleanliness of the process, clothes are disinfected with biodegradable agents, without bleach.
A Commitment to the Environment
All products used by Omyload are safe for the environment. Both effective and gentle on textiles, they help reduce the ecological impact of the cleaning industry. The company is also the only cleaner in Canada to recover microplastic particles that detach from textiles during washing, thanks to filters imported from Europe. These residues are then sent to England, where they are reused to manufacture insulating products.
"In North America, we mostly wear polyester, a petroleum derivative. When we do a load of laundry at home, about 700,000 to 1 million microplastic particles detach from textiles and end up directly in water bodies," says Sébastien Témoin, cofounder of Omyload. He also notes that their processes use 70% less water than a dry cleaner and 30% less water than a washing machine per kilogram of laundry washed.
Another plus: 80% of collections and deliveries are made by electric vehicles. Omyload is also working on a research project to transform end-of-life textiles into hangers through thermoforming.
Committed to the circular economy, Omyload is in the process of obtaining B Corp certification, which demonstrates a commitment to transparency and corporate social responsibility.
