Borax is a natural, powerful cleaning agent which has been used for over 4000 years. It boasts a range of green qualities that make it an ideal product to have around the house; it’s great as a natural laundry booster, multi purpose cleaner, disinfectant, floor cleaner, and even as a general deodoriser.
Most people that choose green cleaning products do so because they care about the environment – and with good reason.
According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, cleaning products are released into the environment during normal use including rinsing down the drain a residual product from cleaned surfaces and sponges. Certain ingredients can be hazardous not only to humans – typically through skin and eye irritation – but also to aquatic species in waters that are not suitably treated. For example, ingredients containing phosphorus or nitrogen can lead to adverse effects on water quality and contribute to nutrient-loading in water bodies.
Green cleaning is a great new method of cleaning; you can get all the same results using non-toxic products, with minimal affect on the environment, and more importantly there is no risk of harming yourself or your family. Green cleaning unfortunately isn’t doing as well as it should be and one main reason is because it’s still fairly new and an unknown area, making it hard to know what is a better alternative to the toxic products currently used, and what the best green cleaning products are.
I was given a wind up torch this Christmas and have been meaning to review it for a while now. I have found a minute free to shorten my to do list and this review is right at the top. I was given a silver 3 LED dynamo wind up torch made by Active Products; currently available to buy for roughly £4.50 both online and offline.
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I’ve tried lots of different methods for removing labels from glass jars and other surfaces and most of the time ended up with sticky stuff smeared all over the place! I have found the best eco-friendly way to remove the sticky residue left from labels, making it a simple and straight forward affair that doesn’t require a single chemical!
Often the dirtiest place in the kitchen isn’t the worktops or the chopping boards, but the sponges used to “clean” the surfaces. Sponges often are left wet, next to the sink covered in all kinds of germs and dirt. Bacteria thrives in damp locations and as a result can quickly grow to hazardous levels, meaning your sponges need to be chucked far too often if you’re to be safe. One of the best ways to be green is to reduce unnecessary waste; this article will explain methods you can easily use to keep sponges safe and the reduce the need to replace them.
If you have hard floors and are a pet owner or have kids running around, chances are one of your biggest problems is dealing with the constant dirt all over your floors. Although I recommend getting a weekly cleaning service to help maintain the floors, you may not be fortunate enough to have a house cleaning service yet to take care of it for you, and as this task can be very time consuming it can quickly get on top of you.
You may have noticed that we provide a domestic cleaning price guide and an online quote for our domestic cleans, which we feel works really well for our potential customers as they can easily get an idea of how much it’s going to cost for Green Clean Solution to regularly clean their property, however it doesn’t explain the details that goes into how we decide on a price. This article will briefly explain the reason behind the prices for our domestic cleaning service.
As with all our cleaning services we try to keep them as simple and stress free as possible. Perhaps you are looking for a End of Tenancy clean, or a professional office cleaner, we do as much as possible to make everything clear and easy to understand. One example of this is our simple prices; we don’t charge one price for the cleaners, another for the products. It’s a single price for the cleaning service you require so you know what to expect when billed at the end of clean.
Regular grout cleaning is important to keep up the new, clean look of the grout and tiles by removing any discolouration and dirt that builds up from everyday use. It’s also important to regularly clean your grout so that you can remove any toxic mould and mildew that has managed to grow, and help prevent it from coming back. There are many grout cleaners available in local supermarkets, but I prefer to use other eco-friendly methods. Here are a few of my recommendations to which grout cleaner is best suited for which job.
