Thankfully Commercial Green Cleaning is growing.  As businesses feel pressure to literally clean up their act, they are starting to employ more environmentally friendly contractors too.  This is great news for the planet and probably even better news for those that work in the cleaning industry too.

A few of the key things I at least feel more commercial cleaners should be thinking about are as follows:

• Focusing on safe cleaning products.  Due to the rules and regulations regarding health and safety at work, this tends to occur not so much out of choice, but simply due to necessity.  But still keeping those cleaning products non-toxic and safe to use is crucial for those people that actually carry out the work of keeping our work-places clean.
• Water usage.  Water is the key component for so much of our cleaning techniques, but since it is safe it is often neglected when thinking about the environmental impact of our activities.  Simple things like using less water with a flat-head mop and not rinsing in a huge bucket of water, can really help when you consider just how much floor mopping gets carried out in the average office block.
• Ditching paper towels.  As we have already seen microfiber cloths can be used and used again and most importantly need very little detergent to do a sterling job.  If commercial cleaning companies switch from chlorine contaminated paper towels to re-usable microfiber cloths they could have a huge impact on deforestation and save themselves money on wasted detergents.

Due to commercial businesses focus on profit some of the things we need to do to make our home cleaning more Eco friendly automatically get done.  Buying concentrated cleaners for example is a no-brainer within the cleaning industry but something more home-owners would do well to copy.

If you are trying to make your home more Eco friendly you should be trying to do the same at work.  Voicing our concerns in the workplace and requesting more environmentally responsible practices including the use of green cleaning contractors is crucial for promoting widespread change.

Commercial Green Cleaning is perhaps even more important for the planet than Green Cleaning at home.  But, still you want a healthier environment inside your house too.  Somewhere safe and free from toxins so do be sure to make the switch so we all end up with more Eco Friendly Homes too.

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My guess, not many.  After all, most of us rarely even read such tiny instructions or warnings do we.  We tend to assume that if something is sold to us it simply must be safe.  But, though generally it is pretty easy not to kill yourself with multi-surface kitchen cleaner, all these products do have potential health risks.  It isn’t just the concern about toddlers drinking things they really shouldn’t either (though household cleaners are the main cause of child poisonings today).  No, the issue is how we use them and what we use them with.

Most cleaners will tell you that they should be used only in a well ventilated space.  But lets be honest here, how many of our guest bathrooms are well ventilated?  Ditto the oven and most of us do not own really great breathing apparatus, nor would we wear it when cleaning the oven?  But, fail to follow the rules and you will definitely be breathing in far more of the fumes from your products than that deemed safe in their product testing.

If your eyes are running, you start sneezing or your skin is irritated can you really be happy about what is going on inside?  Much better to choose greener cleaning products that are more mild to you who uses them.  This is one of the reasons the Simple Green Cleaner range has done so extraordinarily well.  After all, they are far from the most environmentally friendly ranges available.  But, what they do have is a history of being used as workplace cleaners.  Firstly this means that however green they are there first job is to be efficient.  The second issue is that to be sold as industrial workplace cleaning products requires passing far more stringent safety legislation than anything used in the home.  So, though they may have their detractors they are generally some of the safest cleaning products for you to be using, as far as your own health is concerned.

On the whole Green Cleaning Products are better for you, as well as for the earth.  Relying less on harmful irritants means they are less likely to lead to health issues for those who use them.  But, even if you use the most natural cleaner on the market do think about how you use them.  Leave all natural vegetable soap on your skin and it will damage it, drying it with its alkaline nature.  Vinegar may be the mildest antibacterial cleaner going but you wouldn’t want to inhale it when mixed with baking soda.

Green Cleaning Products are better for you and the earth, but only if you break the habit of a lifetime and read those instructions every now and again.  And, think very carefully before using two different products together.  The reaction to products mixing can be very different to when used alone.

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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.

1. 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!  So think about what you can do without, it’s important!  In your home, in your office there must be a way to cut down on what you use. Call up a cleaning or removal company (skip hire London) if you have too many things you don’t need and see how you can recycle them or pass them on. Getting rid of the clutter will make it easier to keep your space clean without wasting energy and cleaning products.
2. 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.
3. 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.

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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?

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But, though we may sound ‘holier than thou’ at times, expressing a desire for everyone to think more about making their Cleaning Eco Friendly, we can assure you we are not.  Our home is an average one, where sometimes the thought of elbow grease is enough to put you off doing the chores entirely.

There are time savers and more importantly effort savers that can really help on the greener cleaning front though.  So, we shall interrupt our usual programing to bring you the best Eco Cleaning Gadget Reviews we can lay our pretty little hands on.

First up will be the Bissell 1400-7 Little Green Cleaning Machine. Yes, we know it uses electricity and it is made up of plastics and resins.  But, delve a little deeper and there is an awful lot to keep even the greenest greenie happy.  Post consumer recycled materials, biodegradable carpet cleaning solution, Styrofoam free recycled packaging.  And that is just the machine.  Add to that the fact it is also helping our carpets and upholstery remain in tip top, stain free condition for longer.  This means a clever green gadget could mean a longer time between new purchases which is of course one of the most environmentally friendly things you can do.

So, hang fire for the Eco Cleaning Gadgets Series…

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