Everything about making your home eco-friendly!
Cleaning is one of those areas which many people are reluctant to change and finally take the plunge to go green. For some reason lots of people believe that ‘green’ alternatives to laundry detergents and cleaning products don’t do as good a job as their regular brands. There is also a certain paranoia about bacteria in the home that is no doubt stopping people from switching to green cleaning alternatives.
There was a day when everyone had hygienic homes and lived their lives without poisoning the environment and without keeping dangerous toxic chemicals in the home. Cleaning products today contain strong acids and alkalis that burn the skin if spilled on the flesh. If a child accidentally drinks one of these cleaning products he or she will need immediate medical treatment. The phosphates found in cleaning detergents get into rivers, streams and oceans and form brown algae blooms that are killing marine life. Some States in America have begun passing legislation to stop the menace of phosphates in laundry detergents.
The green alternative is to buy an eco-friendly detergent, soap flakes or Maggie’s Soap Nuts. These products clean without polluting the water supply. They also help people who have allergic reactions to wearing clothes washed in strong detergents.
For the home you can clean using lemon, vinegar, salt and baking soda. These products are safe enough to eat and they don’t harm the environment. Lemon is also naturally antibacterial.
You can mix lemon with baking soda to remove stains from surfaces. Lemon and salt can be used to remove tarnish and clean metal cookware. Lemon has a natural solvent that can dissolve wax and grime.
Vinegar is acidic and diluted can be used for a number of cleaning jobs. On newspaper it can be used to clean windows. Vinegar can also be used to remove mineral deposits on kettles and coffee machines. It can be used to clean up after pets and it can be used to polish brass and bronze.
There is a natural cleaning product to replace all the cleaning agents under your sink. These products are not new fangled or ineffective. They were all part of common home wisdom before the TV started convincing us that we needed toxic chemicals to be clean and fight bacteria.
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