Phosphates enabled effective detergents to be first developed some 50 years ago. They remain the most versatile, multi-function component available for performance cleaning products today.

Phosphorus is essential for all living organisms. The sodium phosphate (STPP) widely used in detergents is completely safe. Indeed, it is widely used as a food ingredient.

Detergent phosphate, along with phosphates in human and food wastes, can be recycled into agriculture, biomass production or industry. Phosphates are thus the only recyclable detergent ingredient.

The Global Phosphate Forum is an industry association, bringing together manufacturers of detergent phosphates worldwide, to promote phosphates as a sustainable development solution for cleaning products.