green cleaning

Easy eco-action: refillable soap dispensers

Refillable reusable soap dispenser are a super easy eco-step that every family can take. It may seem like a small step, but if you think about, this practice can really help reduce a ton of plastic waste. Consider all the soap containers you have laying around the house: The typical family has two bathrooms, each with a [...]

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Quick Green Tip: Natural Car Deodorizers

If your car is full of icky smells you don’t need to buy some chemical laden tree freshener. Try the following instead: Start with a clean car. When you let dirt build up, it gets dusty and gross. For quick cleaning use non-toxic natural cleaning wipes and a more natural car fabric care cleaner. You [...]

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Handy Supply List for Homemade Cleaning Products

Before you can switch to homemade cleaners, you’ll need some supplies. Below is a handy list of goodies you’ll need in order to make and use an array of homemade cleaning products. Empty Spray Bottles *Note, always keep a couple spare bottles around, because spray bottles nozzles are notorious for breaking, right in the middle of a [...]

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What to do when you’re totally fed up with questionable cleaners and cleaning guides

So, after recent shenanigans in the wonderful world of store-bought cleaning supplies, I’m pretty fed-up. And yes, I’m talking about the new EWG safe cleaners guide. It’s wise to go non-toxic when it comes to cleaning but companies are making this impossible. As you know by now, EWG gave scathing scores to plenty of well-known [...]

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Join the Cleaner Packaging Brigade – Recycle Your Cleaning Containers for Free

If you make homemade green cleaners, a major benefit is not having all those leftover cleaning containers to recycle or toss. Homemade cleaners mean you get to reuse refillable containers over and over. Not everyone wants to make homemade cleaners though, but that’s fine, so long as you purchase safe green cleaners. However, there is [...]

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Homemade Organic Non-Toxic Air Fresheners

If you’re savvy about organic essential oils, you can easily make your own homemade air fresheners that will make your home smell great without all the toxic chemicals found in conventional air fresheners. Before using essential oils to freshen your home, make sure you follow proper organic essential oil buying and safety practices (see tips below) Organic essential [...]

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Freshen Your Home Without Toxic Chemicals

The EPA notes that indoor air pollution levels can be as much as 100 times worse than outdoor air pollution due mainly to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that evaporate from home decorating and cleaning supplies. Air fresheners also count as a cleaning supply item – which is sad really since marketing companies practically beg you to spray them all [...]

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Green Product Review: Vaska Laundry Detergent

Review summary: Laundry detergent that works great and is made with healthy ingredients but costs a little more than my normal eco-brand of laundry detergent. I first tried Vaska a couple of years ago and wrote a positive review elsewhere. Although I don’t buy it regularly, it’s the only detergent I’ve found up to this [...]

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Green Clean Your Home & Keep the Planet Healthier

Green cleaning expands far beyond your own home. It’s true, cleaning green does help keep your home, and more importantly, your family, clean and toxin-free, but it’s also smart if you want to keep the entire planet healthier. Best of all, you can cut your household budget by over $1,500 in five years, simply by switching to homemade [...]

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Best Store Bought Green Cleaners

In the last post we looked at how to choose the best, safest and most eco-friendly store-bought cleaners. With this in mind, I thought I’d share my top picks for store-bought green cleaners. I like homemade green cleaners best, but as I noted in the previous post, it’s hard to get everyone in my house [...]