Our commitments
and our history
Stop Single Use Now
Our story begins with a sad fact: in France, we still consume more than 5 billion disposable cups a year.
Cleaning is a chore, and rather than washing and reusing, people prefer to throw things away. In a world where resources are limited, we need to find new solutions. Three years ago, four people - Clément, Maxime, Mathieu and Thomas - decided to tackle this problem.
How ? By revolutionising existing cleaning technologies.
This is how auum was born.
Our manifesto
It's time to take action for our planet.
To finally combine performance and responsibility.
To draw a line under single use.
At auum, we aim to have a real impact on the world around us.
To propose concrete solutions.
To change the way things are done.
That's why we support companies in their CSR initiatives.
How ? With an ecological, fast and effective cleaning solution.
For us, the future can be summed up in two words: clean to reuse.
The story behind our name
As well as being the acronym of our slogan "Arrêtons l'Usage unique Maintenant" (‘Stop Single-Use Now’), our name has its origins in Hindu culture. In Sanskrit, the syllable Aum [Om] represents the vibration made by the universe at its creation. The three letters that make up this syllable each have a specific meaning:
‘A’ for the beginning, birth.
‘U’ for continuity, life
‘M’ for the end and death.
We have taken this symbol and added an extra ‘U’ to represent a new life, a life without a single use.
"It's time for single use to stop endangering our planet. In a world of finite resources, we need to find new solutions."
Our values
Sobriety
Transparency
Optimism
Efficiency
3 years of R&D...
To reinvent cleaning, we set out to find the most effective solution to the problem of single use. Our patented Dual technology is the result of 3 years of R&D. We have studied steam technologies to offer the best possible cleaning, using the least amount of water and no chemicals.
Our auum-S machine is the result of years of work and several prototypes.