Environmentally Friendly Cleaning Products

It is becoming easier and more affordable to buy environmentally friendly cleaning supplies and products. Thankfully, unless you just love mixing your own natural cleaning recipes...environmentally friendly detergent , cleaners and laundry soap are readily available in most grocery stores, supermarket, convenience stores, pharmacies, and bulk superstores.

Environmentally Friendly Cleaning Product Reviews:

Nature's Source Cleaning Products
Made from 99% natural or naturally derived ingredients.
Nature's Source Laundry Stain Remover -From the makers of shout. The products uses a combination of biodegradable ingredients to break down tough laundry stains. Ingredients: purified water, plant based cleaning agent, citric acid, enzyme. Use to clean colorfast washables.

Nature's Source Glass and Surface Cleaner From the makers of Windex. Ingredients Plant based cleaning agent, corn based ethanol, purified water. Use to clean ceramic, chrome, glass, mirrors, plastic, stainless steel.

Nature's Source Bathroom Cleaner- Plant based from the makers of Scrubbing Bubbles. Ingredients-Plant based cleaning agent, lactic acid, purified water. Use to clean chrome fixtures, fiberglass, glazed ceramic tile, glazed porcelain surfaces, plastic, stainless steel, synthetic marble and vinyl.

Nature's Source All-Purpose Cleaner- Plant based From the makers of Scrubbing Bubbles. Ingredients-Plant-based cleaning agent, purified Water. Use to clean appliances, cabinets, chrome, countertops, fiberglass, floors, hubcaps, porcelain, showers, sinks, garbage cans and tubs.

Nature's Source Toilet Bowl Cleaner From the makers of scrubbing bubbles)-Ingredients Plant based cleaning agent, purified water, xanthan Gum and Lactic Acid.

Seventh Generation Products- available
non-toxic & biodegradable, no glycol ethers, not tested on animals, kosher-certified-They use hydrogen peroxide as an alternative to chlorine bleach and plant-derived cleaning agents which are good alternative to conventional petroleum based cleaners. Cleaning Products include:
Seventh Generation Carpet Spot and Stain Remover
Seventh Generation Kitchen Cleaner
Seventh Generation Natural All Purpose Cleaner
Seventh Generation Natural Glass & Surface Cleaner
Seventh Generation Shower Cleaner
Seventh Generation Toilet Bowl Cleaner
Seventh Generation Tub and Tile Cleaner

Top 10 Environmentally Friendly Ways to Green your Cleaning

1. "Clean out" your cleaning products. Check with your city or local recycling center and find out how to dispose of hazardous waste, box it all up and get it out of your home forever.
When deciding which cleaning products to remove from your home- look on the labels for the following words and phrases: Poison, Danger, Warning, Caution.
2. Replace the old toxic cleaners with environmentally friendly cleaning products.
3. Make your own non-toxic cleaning supplies
4. Replace paper towels with cloth rags.
5. Toss any sponges with build in antibacterial chemicals.
6. Recycle old t-shirts, towels, sheets into cleaning rags.
7. Consider using chlorine bleach alternatives to reduce the amount of cancer causing chemicals to fill in the waste water streams. Seventh Generation offers alternatives to toxic disinfectants.
8. Conserve water
9. Use plants in your home to clean the air.
10. Switch to hepa filter in vacuum.

GreenWorks Cleaning Products
Ingredients must come from renewable resources, biodegradable materials, free of petrochemicals and not tested on animals.

Greenworks Natural All-purpose cleaner-Ingredients Essential oils, corn-based ethanol, filtered water, glycerin, coconut-based cleaning agent, blue and yellow colorant, biodegradable preservative

Greenworks Natural Toilet Bowl Cleaner-Ingredients-Essential oils, filtered water, xanthan gum, glycerin, blue and yellow colorant, coconut based cleaning agent, lactic acid, citric acid

GreenworksNatural Multi-Surface Cleaner Ingredients Essential oils, corn-based ethanol, filtered water, coconut-based cleaning agent, blue and yellow colorant, corn based ethanol, potassium citrate and potassium carbonate

GreenworksNatural Bathroom Cleaner Ingredients Essential oils, filtered water, coconut-based cleaning agent, citric acid

GreenworksNatural Glass and Surface Cleaner-Ingredients Essential oils, filtered water, corn-based ethanol, coconut-based cleaning agent, glycerin, soda ash.

GreenworksNatural Glass Cleaner-Ingredients Essential oils, filtered water, corn-based ethanol, coconut-based cleaning agent, glycerin, soda ash, blue-colorant

GreenworksNatural Dishwashing Liquid-Ingredients Essential oils, filtered water, corn-based ethanol, coconut-based cleaning agent, blue-colorant, biodegradable preservative, citric acid.

Tips for choosing Environmentally Friendly Cleaning Products

Look for cleaning products that are biodegradable and non-toxic to animals, humans and aquatic life.
Look for concentrated products that work with cold water.
Look for cleaning products sold in recyclable or refillable containers.
Look for cleaning products with surfactants made from vegetable oil.
Look for cleaning products with sodium citrate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate and/or sodium silicate
Avoid cleaning products with petroleum derived ingredients.
Avoid cleaning products that contain EDTA and NTA.
Avoid cleaning products with phosphates.
Avoid cleaning products with chlorine bleach or sodium hypochlorite.