位於南舊金山的皇家(Royal)洗衣坊，每週幫北加州150多家旅館清洗高達一百萬磅的衣物。目前，該公司已成為美國第一個使用綠色、植物性洗滌產品的大型商業洗衣坊。
今年夏天，皇家洗衣坊開始使用梵士卡(VASKA)「植物性洗滌劑」和不含氯漂白劑的產品。該產品是由總部設在加州伯克萊的一家公司所生産的。該公司的領導人為前服裝設計師朱莉亞弗萊（Julia Fry）。
當初由於皇家洗衣坊與先前的化學性洗滌產品供應商之間發生嫌隙，總裁拉肯巴（Don Luckenbach）於是決定尋找替代方案。今年稍早，為尋求質量和性能標準皆能滿足其需求的產品，他到處參訪全國各地的化工廠，並要求幾個最有可能成爲其新的合作夥伴公司提出企劃案。
當弗萊向拉肯巴提議嘗試使用她們的梵士卡綠色配方產品時，拉肯巴抱著懷疑的態度姑且一試。但隨著該產品在其最大的洗衣設備爲期10天試用成功的經驗下，他決定全面採用該產品。
拉肯巴表示，他對於改採植物性洗滌劑來服務其在舊金山入住諸如Joie de Vivre group、金普頓酒店（Kimpton）、東昌（Fairmont）、麗晶等豪華旅館的顧客這個決定感到滿意。
他還表示：「現在，當我在早上走進洗衣坊時，陣陣的薰衣草香味撲鼻而來。這種讓我覺得能夠替員工的健康和環境貢獻心力的感覺很好。」
傳統的商業性清潔劑使用複雜的化學配方，一般説來不外乎含有磷酸鹽、石油基表面活性劑、有毒溶劑等成份。 而梵士卡的植物性清潔劑使用的是100%可生物分解、灰水（指使用過一次的家用水）可重復使用、低過敏的草藥和植物原料。 此外，梵士卡配方不含任何皮膚刺激物、色素或熒光增白劑。
美國環保署在2008年11月讚揚梵士卡為推動安全洗滌劑管理行動（Safer Detergent Stewardship Initiative）的尖兵。同時，梵士卡也得到環保署的批准，在該公司的無味植物性清潔劑和含氧漂白劑上標示其「為環境量身打造」（Design for the Environment）的標章。
梵士卡在古代北歐語言中意指「洗」。該公司成立於1999年，位於加州伯克萊。弗萊戲稱，當初公司就像是一家「植物大餐」洗衣店，出售天然性洗衣肥皂給當地客群和專賣天然產品的雜貨店。
Royal Laundry of South San Francisco washes one million pounds of laundry a week for more than 150 hotels throughout Northern California. Now, the company has become the first major commercial laundry plant in the United States to use green, botanically based laundry care products.
This summer, Royal began using VASKA "herbatergent" and chlorine-free bleach products, made by a company based in Berkeley that is headed by former fashion designer Julia Fry.
When Royal began to encounter problems with their previous chemical supplier, Royal's president Don Luckenbach, decided to look for alternatives. Earier this year, Luckenbach toured chemical plants across the country seeking formulas that would meet his quality and performance criteria and asking for proposals from the top contenders.
When Fry proposed tests using her Vaska green formulas, he was skeptical, but following a successful 10 day test in Royal's largest laundry tunnel, he was ready to give the go ahead.
Luckenbach says he is pleased with the switch to botanically based products to do the laundry for his luxury hotel customers in the San Francisco hospitality industry, including the Joie de Vivre group, Kimpton Hotels, the Fairmont, and the Ritz Carleton.
"Now when I walk into the plant in the morning I am greeted by the smell of lavender, and it makes me feel good that I am making a contribution to the health of our employees and the environment," Luckenbach said.
Conventional commercial laundry products utilize complex chemical formulas that have traditionally contained phosphates, petroleum based surfactants, and toxic solvents.
Vaska's herbatergents use herbs and botanical cleaning agents that are 100 percent biodegradable, gray water safe, and hypoallergenic. Vaska formulas do not contain any skin irritants, dyes or optical brighteners.
The EPA named Vaska a member of the Champion of Safer Detergent Stewardship Initiative in November 2008. Vaska has received EPA approval to display its Design for the Environment logo on the company's scent-free herbatergent and oxygenbleach.
Vaska, which means "wash" in the Old Norse language, was founded in 1999 in Berkeley as what Fry calls an "herbal gourmet" laundry store that sold her natural laundry soaps to local customers and natural grocery stores.
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