Green Cleaning Products For House And Home

Cleaning your home doesn’t have to be a dirty job! By this I mean that the idea of cleaning your home is that your home is supposed to be “clean” afterwards. There is simply no point whatsoever in cleaning your home and having it remain dirty. That is simply hours of wasted time, energy, and money. Just ask any homemaker and they will let you know right away! The point of clean by the definition in Webster’s Dictionary is “free from dirt or pollution”. So when one grabs for the everyday cleaning product in the grocery aisle and takes it home to clean, is the house truly “clean” as we see here defined by Webster? Sadly, the answer is no!

Close your eyes for a moment and think of what the smell of clean is to you? Does the thought of household bleach pop into mind or how about the fresh scent of pine? If these scents help define clean in your mind then you know that a home with those scents is not truly “clean”! By definition the idea of clean is to be free of pollution! If you have ever been the one to walk into a newly cleaned bathroom only to smell the heavy scent of bleach, then you have also inhaled pollution! How is this possible? Cleaning products themselves contain toxic chemicals that you the user actually fill the air with when you use them! Not only that, you also send those same pollutant chemicals right down the drain and into our lakes, rivers, and oceans. I mean seriously, where do you think that all water ends up?

So, what is the solution you ask then? In purchasing cleaning products for your home or work place the first thing to think about is reading the label! The first warning sign of a pollutant material is if there is a label on it marking that it is dangerous, hazardous to health, toxic, or poisonous. If the product is not carrying one such label then it is pretty safe to assume that it is what we call “Eco-Friendly”, meaning that this product is friendly to the environment in which we live and work. Eco-Friendly products are a wonderful and permanent solution to further pollution of our homes and environment.

So how do we know what is an Eco-Friendly product? A good clue right off the bat that a product is Eco-Friendly is if it is bio-degradable. Bio-degradable means that when the product is used and washed down the drain it will not harm the environment because it breaks down naturally. Another clue that a product is Eco-Friendly is if the label reads that it is “non-toxic”. This labeling means that the product inside carries no toxins and therefore will not release any into the air or water when used.

If you are one not prone to reading labels there are many companies now that are producing “Eco-Friendly” cleaning products for your purchase. A few such companies are Shaklee, Seventh Generation, and Melaleuca make products that work very well for cleaning just about anything you can throw their way. Also, you might consider using non-toxic and bio-degradable products that you don’t even realize you have to clean with at home! Some such products are lemon juice, baking soda, vinegar, and even tea tree oil. These are common household products that can be used to accomplish an environment in your home or work that is truly “free from dirt and pollution”, otherwise known as CLEAN!

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