Posts Tagged green products
Posted by Candice on March 11, 2010 at 13:25 pm
Green Cleaning Biodegradability
With all the products entering the market with claims of being green, organic and eco-friendly, how does one determine whether one of these products really does fit the green cleaning bill?
One important concept is biodegradability. Merriam Webster defines biodegradability as “capable of being broken down especially into innocuous products by the action of living things”. However, even though a product may say it is biodegradable, it may not be environmentally friendly. If a product manufacturer claims their product is biodegradable you should still take the additional step of checking that the ingredients are all natural and that when it down break down that those end particles are environmentally safe.
When it comes to marketing claims made by green product manufacturers, while green and eco-friendly are the most common, biodegradable does get used quite a bit too. There is no watchdog body checking to see whether these product claims are really valid and unless all the ingredients listed are recognizable to the consumer it is not a simple matter to determine how biodegradable they really are.
The best way to know exactly how eco-friendly your green cleaning products are is to make them at home using ingredients you know and trust.
Posted by Candice on January 5, 2010 at 14:45 pm
Crayon Cleaning Tips
We have a Bidmycleaning budding Picasso – she is almost four years old and loves to draw especially princesses and mermaids. Fortunately she doesn’t feel the need to take her talents beyond paper and hasn’t drawn on the walls or furniture. She did accidentally get some red marker on the sofa and unfortunately for us it wasn’t a Crayola marker. If it had been we would have been able to visit their complete online guide to stain removal. For each of their products they provide information related to the surface on which the stain has been made, what materials are needed for removal and their suggested procedure for doing so.
We prefer to use only eco-friendly cleaning products and often use homemade cleaning products and their materials list includes typical commercial cleaning products. They do however say that while these are brands that performed most effectively in their tests, other brand products may work equally well. They also do recommend that before trying out the stain removal method, test an inconspicuous area of the material or surface to be cleaned.
If you don’t have the time or are reluctant to tackle stain removal yourself, we have great cleaning companies listed at Bidmycleaning.com who can clean carpets and upholstery.
Posted by Candice on September 16, 2009 at 10:30 am
CleanWell for a Safe Clean
So in keeping with yesterday’s post about using
Essential Oils for house cleaning – today we want to talk about another great application of essential oils. The safety of our families is one of the main reasons for focusing on how to be more green in our homes and when it comes to the safety of our children it can be daunting trying to find products that fit the bill.
With the looming threat of H1N1 flu and the constant PSAs about clean hands being our best defense, it is tempting to resort to Purell or some such product when there is no soap and water available for hand washing. Alcohol and Triclosan are two of the undesirables in these products. Triclosan in particular, breaks down into toxic chemicals including chloroform. There is a better choice – CleanWell All Natural Hand Sanitizer and Hand Soap. Can something all natural and 100% biodegradable really kill 99.99% of germs including MRSA, staph, E. coli, and Salmonella!
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Posted by Candice on July 10, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Friday's Eco-Friendly Find
Today’s Bidmycleaning’s Eco-Friendly web find is Groovy Green’s focus is on renewable energy and sustainable living, finding ways to reduce consumption, find cleaner alternatives to power the gadgets, cars, etc and improve improve health and lives we lead today.
The site which strives to be ‘The People’s Green Magazine’ covers national and international news, products, and the people fighting to make a difference in promoting sustainability. Promote involvement in local community events and also in national and international discussions and organizations that directly effect the ‘green movement’.
Categories include; Charity, Climate Change, Gardening, Green Living, Composting, Energy, Transportation and Entertainment, always from a green perspective. Some recent product reviews have been for New Balance Eco Shoes and a pop-up solar shower. Recent articles include one on a new solar collector based on nanotechnology and a green mansion with an ocean view floor.
When it comes to green cleaning we didn’t find too much on the site other than a review of some green cleaning products from EcoDiscoveries which was a line we hadn’t heard of before.
Overall, Groovy Green is definitely worth adding to your list of green bookmarks.
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