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Radio Extra: Lincoln Park Couple Sees Laundry as Research, Not Chore

By  Jon Hansen and Paul Biasco | January 20, 2015 5:38pm 

 Kate Jakubas and Mike Mayer started Meliora K in their Lincoln Park home.
Kate Jakubas and Mike Mayer started Meliora K in their Lincoln Park home.
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LINCOLN PARK — A Lincoln Park couple have turned their trials trying to make soap in their kitchen sink into an environmentally friendly cleaning product line.

Husband and wife Kate Jakubas and Mike Mayer started by experimenting on soap in the kitchen.

After a turkey bowl football tournament in 2012, the couple tested their first batch on extra muddy clothes.

On this DNAinfo Radio Extra, Kate Jakubas discusses the couple's company, and why they hope more people make the switch to environmentally friendly cleaning products:

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