Green Cleaning Ideas For Your Home
Most cleaning products available these days rely heavily on caustic and toxic chemicals that seriously damage the environment. They can sometimes be bad for your health too.
If you're thinking about not using these harsh chemicals, you could use an equivalent but more environmentally friendly cleaner. There are many ways to clean your home while being gentler on the environment. Here are some ideas to consider:
Simple Green. Simple Green is an excellent industrial strength cleaner that happens to carry the Green Seal certification for environmental responsibility. The Green Seal guarantees that a product meets strict standards of environmental stewardship in the way it’s manufactured and used. It also marks a product as easily biodegradable. Simple Green is versatile, extremely effective and will clean the toughest jobs. It’s so strong in concentrated form that you may want to dilute it in one or more parts of water. This has the positive benefit of allowing you to control its strength when cleaning more delicate objects. Use it in your kitchen, your bathroom, to wash your car, or just about anything else--while being confident you're using a product with minimal impact on the environment.
Baking Soda. Baking soda has great cleaning, scrubbing and deodorizing properties. It's also known to be Earth friendly. It has a large number of uses, including many you may not have thought about. In addition to its popular use for removing unpleasant odors from the refrigerator, it can be sprinkled on carpets and rugs to deodorize them. You can sprinkle it on a sponge and wipe your counters without fear of scratching them. You can dilute it in water to deodorize your mop. It's a product with many uses.
Tea Tree Oil. If you’re attacking mold, there are several natural ways to get rid of it. One of the best is tea tree oil, which works great against fungus and bacteria. Mix a teaspoon of it with two cups of water, spray it on the affected area and allow to dry. The scent is strong when you use it, but it will dissipate in a day or two.
Going green often requires sacrifice, but not when it comes to cleaning. You shouldn’t have to put up with toxic chemicals when cleaning your home. You can get the job done right with a green cleaner without putting your family’s health at risk or harming the environment.