10 Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products Safe For Home & Planet!
Do you participate in Spring Cleaning?
You’re not alone. The history of spring cleaning dates back thousands of years including cultural and religious traditions from the Middle East and China.
In the 19th century, the warmer weather of early Spring finally allowed people to open doors and windows after a long, dark cold winter. This was necessary to air out and thoroughly clean homes of dust and residue from coal stoves and fireplaces.
Spring cleaning continues today however, not all cleaning products are equally good for healthy environments.
Cleaning products can contribute to water pollution, air pollution and increased waste in landfills due to the chemicals within and the packaging it’s placed in.
“Even after passing through water treatment plants, small quantities of chemical compounds from cleaning products can find their way into rivers, ponds and lakes and have adverse effects on aquatic life. Phosphates in laundry and dishwasher detergent have a fertilising effect, triggering the widespread growth of algae that saps away the water’s oxygen, reducing biodiversity.
That’s why we’ve put together this list of ” 10 Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products For Spring” to help clean up your home without added harm to the planet!
Find our handy Green Spring Cleaning Checklist at the end of this blog!
Soak iT Up - Add Cheer To Chores
These vibrant, fun, and unique Swedish dishcloth greetings from Soak iT Up CLARDS are sure to brighten up anyone’s kitchen and day!
This random act of kindness does double duty—it’s a clever greeting that becomes a reusable sponge cloth that absorbs 20x its own weight in liquid. It’s sure to add some cheer to anyone’s spring cleaning chores.
1 CLARD can replace the use of up to 3, 000 paper towels. Handy greetings turned cloths help avoid plastic packaging and the overall waste in landfills.
These eco-friendly sponge cloths will clean just about any surface and dry quickly so naturally don’t harbor bacteria, which means no ‘dishcloth’ smell! They are easily cleaned in the dishwasher, laundry, microwave, or simply boiling water.
They are 100% natural, so after months of use can be placed in your compost where it will safely decompose. You can also cut them up and add them to your plants to help keep the soil moist for longer!
Soak iT Up‘ has an assortment of bright colored designs of cloths and greetings, all carefully designed to use minimal manufacturing methods and waste, making them environmentally friendlier than similar products. Not to mention, they arrive in fun, custom eco-friendly packaging made from recycled paper and no plastic is ever used.
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Elva's All Naturals
Are you looking to simplify your home cleaning routine?
1 CLEANER All in One Cleaner by Elva’s All Naturals is a game-changing 100% plant-based cleaner that works on ANY and ALL wipeable surfaces — streak-free!
This “all in one” universal cleaner makes cleaning simplified. From mirrors to wood, granite, floors, electronics, stainless steel to leather and kids’ toys, it replaces all your other household cleaners in just ONE bottle.
Packaged in refillable amber glass and comes with a space-saving home refill box. Making this switch helps eliminate harmful chemicals AND plastic waste from your home cleaning system.
Level up your green cleaning and try a bottle today! You’ll be supporting a Canadian family business, based in Milton, Ontario. Join them in “the Toxic Chemical Rebellion” and say NO to buying products manufactured with ingredients that are scientifically proven and known to cause harm.
Reasons you should switch to 1 CLEANER All in One Cleaner by Elva’s All Naturals :
- 100% Plant-based
- Works on All Surfaces – Streak Free
- Non Toxic & Chemical Free
- All Natural, pH Balanced
- Septic Safe
- Refillable
- Biodegradable
We are proud to welcome Elva’s All Naturals as a new member of our Sustainability Alliance!
The Peeled Pantry
Clean up your shower routine and go plastic-free with a can-do attitude!
The Peeled Pantry is the first to offer a full range of bath and body care in aluminium cans – a fully recyclable alternative to plastic packaging!
Glass gets a lot of attention in the zero-waste world but it is far from perfect. It’s heavy, breakable, and has a big energy footprint.
But why cans? As it turns out, cans are actually the perfect packaging container because they are:
- lightweight (fewer transportation emissions),
- durable (no glass to break), and
- low waste (100% curbside recyclable)
Their bath & body lineup combines these benefits in one easy-to-use refill system, with their Can Pump Kit. Convert their cans into a ready-to-use dispenser for in the shower, by the sink, or wherever they need to be to stay clean.
Benefits of their Bath & Body lineup:
- Free from sulphates
- No artificial colourants
- Only real essential oils are used for fragrance
- Zero-waste refill system
- Rich lather, gentle formula