In Port-Cros, get to know Vincent Fantino La Lessive d'Hyères

One week after graduating from the Toulon business school, Vincent Fantino, originally from Brignoles, moved to Hyères: "I wanted to work by the sea, I found my first job and I never left... It's been 25 years!

The young man has had several jobs : "I have made financial investments, worked in the large-scale distribution of sporting goods, and I created a green space maintenance company that I had to sell because of health problems; but I kept my job as a salesman and trainer within the sporting goods company

Passionate about water sports, Vincent, now father of two, regularly goes to the beach with his family, because the sea has remained his passion and it will feed his reflection..

We see the marine environment deteriorating, there is less seaweed, less fish, the quality of the water is deteriorating, fishermen tell me about the decrease of sea urchins... We must act.

This environmental fibre has led him and his friend to make their own household products for years..

In particular the washing powder made of wood ashes and water which works very well.

But the "project" trigger occurred during the first confinement..

In response to the question launched by the daily newspaper Var-matin: What do you do, you, at home in favor of the environment? He posts comments on social networks "explaining that I was making this natural detergent that limits plastic and toxic discharges into the sea ..."

The impact is immediate: the newspaper devotes an article to him. The messages and requests are pouring in...

The Cave de la Capte, was the first to offer me to leave bottles on deposit, then Tini the market gardener in Almanarre, and just after I created the company, in February 2020, the Borello family, flower producers in Hyères, offered to install my workshop in one of their greenhouses!

Vincent is still amazed by this burst of enthusiasm. But being enterprising, he seized the opportunity..

Today La Lessive d'Hyères has 758 followers on social networks, Vincent has created a label, he supplies hotels committed to an eco-responsible approach, organic stores throughout the region, and his detergent sold in glass bottles, will become the first artisanal household product to receive the Esprit Parc National label in France.

It's a source of pride! confirms the young entrepreneur who says he shares the same values as the Port-Cros National Park and has high hopes: That Hyères becomes a pilot town in terms of environmental protection!