Start fresh in your new home by following our professional move-in cleaning checklist. Plus you'll learn how to make your home chemical and...
How to Wash Dishes Without Chemical Dish Soap
Washing dishes without chemical dish soap is important for families that are concerned with the harmful effects of conventional dishwashing liquids....
The Ultimate Professional Move-Out Cleaning Checklist
Irritant Free: A Guide to the Best Anti-Allergy Cleaning Products
If you get easily irritated by conventional cleaning products, you’re not alone. Most cleaning products on the market contain common...
Opening Your Cottage for Summer? Clean These Things First
Planning a trip to cottage country this summer? Make the most of an outdoor summer in the sun in your home away from home by starting your...
10 Reasons to Avoid Synthetic Fragrances In Cleaning Products
Synthetic fragrances are found in a range of consumer goods including household cleaning products. While we may enjoy the scent of a...
How to Clean Microfiber Cloths
The AspenClean range is much more than just a collection of cleaning products. It is a complete system designed to work together to help consumers (and AspenClean’s...
Professional Spring Cleaning Checklist
Checklists and to-do lists are an essential tool for completing a deep clean of your home. They help to keep you on track, make sure all tasks are completed and...
How to Clean With All Purpose Concentrate
Our natural cleaner concentrate is a great home cleaning product solution for eco-conscious consumers and people wanting to naturally clean economically....
Common Cleaning Ingredients That Trigger Asthma
According to the World Health Organization, 235 million people suffer from asthma worldwide. WHO also reports that asthma is the most common chronic...
Easy Weekday Cleaning Schedule to Free Up Your Long Weekend
If you are planning to get away for the long weekend, then a house that needs cleaning shouldn’t keep you. But leaving your home in...
Chores for Kids That Will Help Mom for Mother's Day
If there were ever a time to encourage your children to get involved with household chores, it is in the lead up to Mother’s Day. Read on to learn...
Methylisothiazolinone-Free Cleaning Products
Methylisothiazolinone (MI) is a synthetic ingredient that is commonly found in many household cleaners, including “healthier” alternatives despite...
AspenClean's Earth Friendly Cleaning Mission
Green business practices might be an obvious choice now, but that wasn’t the case in the cleaning industry when we first started 15 years years ago.
Our...
Quick Cleaning Tips for Unexpected Guests
We all need breaks from our busy schedules and a long weekend is a perfect opportunity to give yourself time for rest and relaxation. It’s also a good time...
Six Times You Really Need a Home Cleaning Service
Having your home regularly cleaned by professionals comes with many perks - more time, lower rates and the bliss of enjoying a well-kept home without...
Five Earth Friendly Spring Cleaning Tips
Spring cleaning is a big task so it’s understandable if the environmental impacts of cleaning are not on your mind. But, if there was ever a time to consider...
Five Ways to Add Self-Care to Your Cleaning Routine
We are firm believers in the restorative power of ‘me-time’. It allows us to switch off and re-charge which is important for general wellbeing. But...
Introducing Dusty the Cleaning Dog
Green cleaning is the better option for our health and the environment, but as a natural cleaning product manufacturer, it can feel like an uphill battle at times.
Easy Weekday Tasks to Make Spring Cleaning Easier
Spring is almost here! This means it’s almost time to roll up our sleeves and get cleaning! If the thought of spring cleaning your entire home is...
How to Escape Cleaning Product Greenwashing
Everyone wants to make healthy choices and use non-toxic, environmentally friendly products that benefit the earth rather than harm it. Choosing between ...
Are Your Kitchen Cleaners A-Rated? The Answer Might Surprise You
Keeping your kitchen clean is important for the health and safety of your home. But is your quest actually doing more harm than good?...
From Pollution to Packaging
Our bottles are trash - literally. That’s because they are made with 100% post-consumer resin. If you don’t know what that means, don’t worry. We explain what the deal...
Five Ideas for a Harmonious Family Home
Special days like Family Day are fantastic reminders to celebrate family. But a lot can be done every day to help foster healthy family relationships on a...
Snow Could Be Damaging Your Home’s Interior
We all know that preparedness is key for staying safe in the snow outdoors. But did you know the same principle should apply to snow-proofing the inside of...
How to Clean Less and Live More
Here at AspenClean, we really love cleaning – obviously! But we also understand that most people have better things to do; especially in February with Chinese New Year...
Eating Healthier and Better for an Eco-Friendly Life
Happy New Year, everyone! It's finally January, which means we have survived the Christmas feast, all the sweets and alcohol, and the dinner and...
10 Ways to De-Stress the Upcoming Holidays
Christmas is a magnificent season, with lights, food and family. It should be the most magical holiday of the year, but the truth is, these days in December...
Giving Back at Christmas
Supporting communities through donations
Christmas is coming soon! It's time to celebrate this special holiday with your friends and family. It's also the season to be...
Cleaning Up After Hanukkah
It's that time of year where preparations for the eight days of celebrations for Hanukkah begin. Candles are lit every night, families celebrate over traditional food and...
Cleaning Product Chemicals Affecting Your Health
Have you ever stopped to consider the chemicals in your cleaning products? Most people don't realise the types of harmful chemicals they introduce...
Exactly How To Clean Your Kitchen and Keep It Clean
Your kitchen is usually the hardest room to keep clean in the house because it's the most active. Between breakfast, lunch, dinner and/or living...
Where Plastic Pollution Comes From & How to Stop it
The Facts about Plastic
Plastic is everywhere. From the clothes we put on in the mornings, to the toothbrush we use, to the food storage...
Cleaning Tips for Nightmare Halloween Cleaning
It's that time of year again where we tackle pumpkin stains, sticky fingers, face and costume paint, and worst of all, cleaning up after those Halloween...
Cleaning Your Bathroom Effectively & Naturally
One of the biggest struggles when it comes to cleaning is keeping your bathroom in a sparkling condition. We know that bathrooms can accumulate dirt...
Are D.I.Y Cleaners Worth It?
Cleaning your home is a lot easier when you're equipped with the right tools and products to get the job done. But a lot of the time this means different solutions to...
The Hidden (Chemical) Secrets of Carpet Cleaners
Most homeowners are not aware of the toxic chemicals they introduce into their homes with carpet cleaning products. These products have been known to...
Winner of Best Home Cleaning Service in Vancouver
AspenClean is honoured to have won Best Home Cleaning Service for the third year in a row in The Georgia Straight’s Best of Vancouver Reader...
How To Live An Eco-Friendly Lifestyle
What is the meaning of eco-friendly?
The meaning of eco-friendly directly translates to 'earth friendly' or not harmful to the environment.Eco-friendly is...
The Environmental Dangers of Using Cleaning Products
August is Water Quality Month, and we would like to use this opportunity to talk about water pollution that can be caused by the use of cleaning...
Green Cleaning Your Exercise Equipment
We love to get a little sweaty. There’s nothing like the satisfaction of a crushing a good workout, whether it be a power yoga class, an early morning spin, the...
How Green Cleaning Benefits Your Family & The Planet
Let’s face it, your home is a hectic place. On any given day, arriving back from work means you’re immediately faced with cooking dinner,...
How To Be More Eco-Friendly When Cleaning Your Home
Have you ever stopped to consider the environmental impact of your house cleaning? Let’s face it, we rarely stop to consider the effects of our...
How To Create A Cleaning Schedule For Your Family
We shouldn’t feel overwhelmed with our household chores, especially when we’re not the only ones making the mess. If you live by yourself, you...
What You Thought Was Compostable… But Is Not
We all try to be greener today
then
the day before. As a society we focus on proper recycling, ethical production, and which items are compostable and...
13 Tips To Reduce Waste This Summer
When we think about reducing the amount of waste in our home, it might seem insignificant at first. It’s important to remember that every small step towards...
How To Recycle
Recycling is simple, and yet so important. It only takes a couple of minutes of your day, and it has a massive impact on the environment! When you first start doing it, it can be a bit...
Declutter And Organize Your Home For Spring Cleaning
Spring is the season of decluttering! We know you’re tired of looking for things you can’t find. And, because of that, we gathered some tips on...
At-Home Fathers Day Activities
Time is our most precious gift, whether it’s the amount spent with others the time spent with yourself. In our personal lives, what takes up more time at home than...
Septic Safe Products and the Ones to Avoid
A septic safe wastewater treatment system is an environmentally friendly choice for homeowners and sometimes the only choice for a cottage or rural homes...
How To Clean Your Home With Time-Saving Tips
Everybody loves to always have a clean home. But let’s be serious, nobody's got time for that. Short of moving into a micro house, or calling a ...
Essentials Steps For a Smooth Move Out
Moving isn't fun.
We’re not going to sugarcoat it for you. It’s one of the most stressful things we voluntarily do to ourselves. So, what can you do to make...
Naturally Avoid Spring Allergies
You may have noticed it’s warm outside.
Which, don't get us wrong, is great. We’re all happy to drop the layers, take in vitamin D, and get going on some outdoor...
Is Your Home Pet Friendly For Spring?
While our pets are often the scene stealers in our lives, National Pet Month puts an even greater focus on the furry stars. Safety is a core priority for all...
A Guide to Effective Natural Bathroom Cleaning
Of all the rooms in the house, this is usually the favourite. What’s more appealing than cleaning a room full of hair, soap scum, toothpaste and grout?...
The Truth About Microfiber
A big shift happened in the cleaning industry when production of microfiber cloths took off. Microfiber has replaced virtually all traditional cleaning cloths, and with...
Ideas For How To Spend Your Earth Day
April is a special month. It’s when we get to actually see winter coming to an end. Buds start to sprout on trees, animals reappear, and there's a little...
The Five Rs & Building Zero Waste
You may have heard of the term Zero Waste, but what exactly does it mean? Zero Waste is a philosophy which encourages the redesign of resource life cycles so that...
Kitchen Items You Forgot To Clean
As any Italian family will tell you, the kitchen is the heart of your home. We take care of ourselves to keep our hearts strong and healthy, and it’s important to...
Why You Should Detox Your Home This Spring
Spring is almost officially upon us. In preparation for that inevitable spring cleaning it’s important to look at what you can do to detox not just your...
10 Ways to Welcome Make the Most out of Spring
Spring is upon us, which means the days are getting longer, the temperatures are beginning to rise, and the crocuses are beginning to emerge after the...
A Guide to Natural Disinfectants for the Home
When we think of disinfectants the first thought is usually chemicals like bleach. We expect disinfectants to be powerful agents which sterilize any area...
How To Eliminate Common Toxic Household
With the Healthy Living Expo in Vancouver fast approaching it’s as good of a time as ever to start spring cleaning. Instead of focusing on the mess in your...
Cleaning Properties of Organic Essential Oils
You can’t walk a few steps without tripping over an essential oil diffuser nowadays. While there seems to always be a new use for these wonder oils, one...
Natural Tips for Chinese New Year Cleaning
So the new year passed and maybe the ball was dropped on your resolutions. Good news though, another new year is imminently upon us with the Chinese New...
The Ultimate Valentine’s Day Treat for Your Partner
For Valentine’s day here’s a few things you can do to appreciate the person you have in your life. As professional house cleaners we’re qualified...
How To Parent Like a Pro
You love your kids, obviously. But that doesn’t mean there haven’t been moments where you dreamed of falling into a canyon full of tiny little jagged rocks than have another...
Learn How to Declutter for Mental Health
We all know someone. 1 in 5 Canadians are diagnosed each year. It does not discriminate against age, gender, income level, or culture. It may be you right...
The Grind of Environmental Challenges of the Cleaning Industry
The first time I went up the Grouse Grind was a mistake.
I realized my mistake around 27 seconds after I decided that running it...
A Case for Getting Your Daily Dose of Coffee
If there’s one thing that being a millennial in Vancouver will teach you, it’s that if you don’t understand the difference between a latte and a flat...
5 Ways to Ensure Your Move is Stress Free
Moving is one of the most stressful events one can take on. Packing, planning, purging and organizing is no easy (or fun) task. However, you don't need to...
The True Meaning of the Holidays
Whenever the holidays are upon us I like to think of the things that matter to me the most. Coffee, dogs named Coco, and of course my family.
Family is a strange...
Tips for Pet Safety During the Holidays
Including our pets in the holidays is an important tradition for most families. They take up the tradition of attacking the Christmas tree, using tiny claws...
Holiday Survival Guide
Holidays are the season of magic, happiness, and a complete lack self-control with eggnog (which is also a form of happiness). It’s the gift of spending all our available...
How To Stay Light in the Dark Winter Months
With the cold weather and the potential grey skies (hello west coast), winter can be a difficult thing for some of us to deal with. Here’s a handy list of...
Cleaning Tips that Keep Your Pets Healthy and Safe
As any pet owner will tell you, you’ll rarely find a better friend than your furry companions.
Which is why it’s so disconcerting that many...
Top 10 Ways to Cut Down Your Energy Bill This Winter
It's almost winter. It's time to accept this statement as fact and get ready for powdered streets, flying reindeer and the inevitable increase in...
10 Recycling Mistakes You Make and How to Stop
In the words of all grade 5 teachers: "the best mistakes are the ones we learn from". Chances are you care a bit more about sustainability, green...
Chemical Ingredient Transparency in North America
California has introduced the first legislation in all North America to labeling ingredients of cleaning products mandatory.
Process that for a...
Supporting BC Children's Hospital this Holiday Season
This year AspenClean is partnering with the BC Children's Hospital Foundation to help make sure that the holidays for the children who are in...
Alberta Children's Hospital Holiday Toy Drive
This year AspenClean is partnering with theThe Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation to help make sure that the holidays for the children who are in...
Toronto Sick Kids Holiday Toy Drive
This year AspenClean is partnering with theThe Hospital for Sick Children Foundation to help make sure that the holidays for the children who are in their care is...
How To Support Canadian and American Men's Health
Lets talk about Mo. Or more specifically why the Mo?
On average in North America men die 6 years younger than women. Every hour 45 men die of...
The Best DIY Cleaning Tips for the Fall
With the shorter days and colder nights it’s understandable that your energy may be a little lower than in the months that preceeded us. The days are short,...
5 Tips for Getting Prepared for Fall
While this can be a hard thing to accept eventually the mourning will end. Thankfully, this leads into the factually and objective best season ever. We’re going...
5 Tips for How To Find The Best Cleaning Service
There's definitely a list of things to keep your eyes on when booking a cleaning service. We narrow down the AspenClean Top 5 things to look...
8 Tips for Keeping The Holidays Hygienic
The holidays are right around the corner. Days are short, fireplaces are blazing, and families are ready to come together for the season of joy.
In doing so...
The Dangers of Chemicals & the Cleaning Industry
“If you don’t have your health you don’t have anything.”
This old adage is always relevant. It’s why we exercise, eat well and spend time serving...
Why your AirBnB Needs Professional Cleaning Services
A clean vacation rental is on the top of every vacationer's list. Nobody wants to be on a vacation and see dust in the corner, stains on the...
Why You Should Use Fragrance-Free Cleaning Products
How clean is the air in your home? Probably not as clean and pure as you think. In fact, studies have shown that indoor air is typically up to...
Difference Between DIY and Bought Cleaning Products
Homemade cleaning products have surged in popularity in recent years. Here at AspenClean, we're often asked why people should purchase our...
Why Is A Bonded Cleaning Company Important?
At AspenClean, we take pride in the fact that we’re a bonded and insured cleaning company. That means that each and every one of our employees is bonded,...
How to Easily Remove Upholstery and Sofa Stains
Sofa stains and spillages are inevitable. Especially if you live in a household with pets or children. If you've ever purchased a comfy couch plush...
Why a Clean House is The Perfect Father's Day Gift
Yes, this might seem a little outside the norm when you consider that personal care products, grooming accessories and gadgets are some of the...
5 Areas That You're Missing When You Clean
You know those days when you conduct a full-on, deep-cleaning session at home? You likely always manage to take care of the primary places of action in your...
How to Declutter Your Home and Stop Hoarding
Hoarding is a compulsive mental disorder associated with a pattern of behaviour that makes it extremely difficult for an individual to discard their...
Homemade Methods to Kill Mold Naturally
Mold isn't something we want in our homes. The thought of discovering a build-up of fungi growth in your bathtub is probably enough to send shivers down your...
Natural Cleaning Hacks to Improve Your Pet Care
Pets are the best. They bring out the best in us as a species, and if you own one, I'm sure you'll agree that pets are integral members of the family....
Five Things For The Best Mother's Day
It’s almost that time of the year again! No, it’s not quite time to dust off the Christmas ornaments, but rather this Sunday marks our second-favorite day:...
How to Make Your Home Smell Like the Outdoors
Don’t you just love the fresh, crisp air that returns every spring? Whether you’re into the floral notes, the organic allure of fresh cut grass, or the...
The Best Professional Spring Cleaning Hacks
Cleaning hacks are beautiful things. They’re inexpensive, practical, and help to shortcut your way to a cleaner home. Dare we say it, they can even make...
5 Hacks That Will Make You Clean Quicker And Better
Don’t you just love coming home to a clean and tidy living environment? It’s no secret that a little organization can make your house, and you,...
