Eco Green Cleaning Products

Green Cleaning Basics

Admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:49:57 +0000

Making your household Cleaning Eco Friendly is an important step towards a redressing the balance between our affects on the environment and the planet’s ability to cope with our actions. It is not difficult to ensure our household chores have a less harmful impact on the world around us, it simply takes a little thought and some Green Cleaning Basics.

Green Cleaning Basic Rules

Reduce, reuse and recycle is the catchphrase for any number of green and eco friendly ideas. Keep it in mind when thinking about your cleaning habits and materials to be used too.

Reduce the volume of any cleaning product to use, you will still get the job done, but without wasting so much of your cleaners. Reduce the amount of water you use too. Use the shortest cycles and only ever run the washer when full. Remember if you use less detergent you need less water to rinse it away. Can you mop the kitchen with half a bucket instead of a full one? Every time you use less of anything you are improving your impact on the world around you!
Reuse anything you can. Remember microfiber cloths are machine washable and will last months or years rather than the days or weeks of a sponge. The essential Green Cleaning tool is of course old linen and clothing. Any linens you were considering throwing out should be cut up and consigned to the cleaning closet.
Recycle everything you can and switch to those green cleaning products that come in packaging that is easy to recycle in your locality.

These three keystones of living a life kinder to the earth are relevant in so much of what we do it is easy to ignore them. But when you are trawling the store for Eco cleaning products or ingredients to make your own green cleaners do not forget just how important these ideas are. If you can use less, waste less and recycle more your chores will be far more Eco friendly even before we get around to working out which green cleaners are the most appropriate for you and your family!

Here endeth the first Green Cleaning Basics lesson! Don’t worry there will be plenty more here where we want everyone to make their Cleaning Eco Friendly.

Green Cleaning Products

Admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:15:53 +0000

Moving towards Eco Friendly Cleaning requires some Green Cleaning Products for your home. You can buy ready made ranges such as the Simple Green, Ecover or Mrs Meyer’s cleaning products. These of course are the easiest option, particularly if you are pressed for time.

You will really need to study the labels to ensure you purchase a green cleaning product that is up to your personal ‘green’ standards. Maybe you want less toxic, more easily disposed of cleaners. Or perhaps you want ‘all natural’ ingredients. You may have keen interest in packaging; how easy it is to recycle, whether it is produced from post consumer recycled materials to begin with, or is it plastic free (a pretty tough one this). For some the avoidance of petrochemicals is a must, or maybe you just want some super mild to protect your babies skin when you are dealing with the laundry.

The options are huge and to be honest no one range is likely to appeal to everyone. We all have compromises to make between being less harmful to the environment, and our standards of cleanliness. You must choose green cleaning products that are exactly right for you and your lifestyle.

An easy way to know exactly what ingredients are going into your green cleaning supplies is to use homemade remedies. Now very few of us have time to create all our own cleaning materials. But, switching one or two key items from pre-made formula to home-made Eco clean recipe can be done easily and with little trouble on your part. If nothing else use baking soda to deodorize your garbage pail rather than usually extremely toxic deodorizer sprays. Or ditch the windolene in favor of some vinegar and a microfiber cloth. A few homemade recipes can really cut costs to your pocket and the planet and are a great way to supplement your other less than perfect green cleaning products.

Our desire to make cleaning Eco friendly and live more sustainable, less polluting lifestyles, is a noble one. But we have to be realistic here and never forget that even one product changed is a help. Choose or make one Green Cleaning Product today and who knows, next month you may choose another until by next year perhaps all your household chores are more environmentally friendly?.

Green Cleaning Products from Amazon

Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day Dish Soap, 16-Ounce Bottles (Case of 6)

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Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day Liquid Dish Soap, Basil, 16-Ounce Bottles (Case of 6)

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Daily Shower Spray, Ylang-Ylang Formula, 28-Ounce Bottles (Pack of 8)

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Seventh Generation, Paper Towels, White, Triple Pack 3 ea

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Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day Countertop Spray, Basil, 16-Ounce Bottles (Case of 6)

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Eco Friendly Cleaning with the Goodbye Detergent Original Spaghetti Scrub

Admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:09:52 +0000

Here at the Eco Green Cleaning Products site we believe reducing the number of liquids and scrubs we use around the home is even more important than changing them all to Eco Cleaners. Less waste and less mess for the planet to deal with is the result of using less rather than just changing brands. One nifty little green cleaning gadget we have noticed is this…

Eco Friendly Laundry – Nellie’s Dryer Balls Review

Admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:41:51 +0000

Since ‘doing the laundry’ is one of the biggest polluting aspects of our home cleaning regime it makes sense to make the Laundry Cleaning Eco Friendly. We have already looked at Eco Wash Balls, and how magically brilliant they are. But, what about Eco Dryer Balls? There are a few brands available but first up is perhaps the most well known; the Nellie’s Dryer Balls Review.

Green Cleaning Gadgets – Vapamore MR-100 Dry Steam Vapor Cleaner

Admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:45:01 +0000

Reducing the number of chemicals used in the home is one of the key prerequisites of any move towards more Eco Friendly Cleaning. With a dry steam vapor cleaner NO cleaning liquids are used at all, just plain old water (and not too much of that either).