Green Cleaning
Are you Doing the Dirty?
A few years ago my mother’s neighbour had to call out a plumber. Her kitchen sink was blocked and dirty water was threatening to flood her kitchen floor. After an hour or so of his arm down the drain, the plumber eventually pulled out a block of what looked like concrete. It was, in fact,…
Read MoreResults of Ecover’s stain remover
You might remember I’ve been trialling Ecover’s stain remover. I found the perfect garment to put the stain remover through its paces – a white cotton t-shirt that Little Miss green had fallen over in and was covered in mud! I explained to Ecover before the trial that I had very hard water and asked…
Read MoreEcover’s stain remover review
As you know, I’m a huge fan of Ecover. I’ve switched to their concentrated laundry liquid, after years of using their powder and I put Cillit Bang’s degreaser and Ecover’s Power Clean head to head to see which would win. View my video here. Now I’ve been trialling their stain remover.
Read MoreEcover launch concentrated washing powder
Ecover are on the cutting edge of innovation for green household cleaning products. Just when you think their products can’t be improved, they manage to somehow tweak the formula to make it even more effective or even greener. I’ve been using their biological washing powder for many years. Then I switched to their concentrated laundry…
Read MoreGetting rid of Disposable wipes
Our change the world Wednesday challenge this week, set by Reduce Footprints, is to cut out any disposable wipes we use. Well readers, I had to do quite a bit of research of this challenge because I couldn’t actually think what disposable wipes might be, which will give you a clue to the face that…
Read MoreEcover new concentrated laundry liquid review
I’ve been a fan of Ecover laundry products for many years. I admit to using way before “green” was trendy and “eco” was in everyday vocabulary and I didn’t find the stuff very good. But times have changed, improvements have been made and I’ve been a loyal user of Ecover laundry powder. I use biological…
Read MoreChemerical film review for a non toxic home
Andrew Nisker sent me his docu film; “Chemerical” to watch. Andrew was on his way to the Green Planet Blues, International Environment Film Event, in Romania when I caught up with him to get the scoop on his reasons for making the film. The inspiration for Chemerical came from his own childhood and through having…
Read MoreSeventh Generation million baby crawl
We’ve talked about some of the toxic chemicals found in toiletries and cleaning products many times on little green blog. Seventh Generation and millions of babies are crawling to Washington next January to demand a law that will regulate toxic chemicals found in household products.
Read MoreEcover Power Clean vs Cillit Bang degreaser
When I first began my ‘green journey’ it was challenging at times. There were few products and services that were truly green and actually worked. I put up with second rate cleaning because I believed in the ethics of my lifestyle choices, but sometimes I gave in to powerful toxic cleaners just to get the…
Read MoreMrs Green’s natural cleaning kit
I’ve been asked several times what I clean my home with her at Chez Green. Today I’m going to share my five ‘must have’ items for safe, natural and effective green cleaning. Some items you’ll have at home yourself, so you’ll be able to green up your cleaning straight away. Others you might need to…
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