In our last reader question post we looked at How To Safely Toss Toxic Cleaners. It’s a good topic for the season since so many of us are thinking about green spring cleaning, which made me think, hey, it might be time for a green cleaning round-up.

Following are some of the most useful green cleaning posts archived here at Tree Hugging Family; along with some seriously strange Mr. Yuk video fun. This list of past posts should help you get your green cleaning plans organized for spring and beyond…
Easy green cleaning tips:

How to choose green cleaners – store bought …read more

In my last post; Are We So Clean That We’re Breeding Super Germs? I noted that next I’d cover why I think the whole Palmolive eco+ Gel Dishwasher Detergent issue is bunk. Peggy wrote about how Palmolive is greenwashing – I agree. Not everyone agreed though.
From the comments:
“Just thought you might like to know that regular Palmolive dish washing detergent also contains chlorine bleach. (I am looking at both labels right now) So at least with the “Eco” you are without the phosphates.From what I hear, 7th Gen does a horrible job at cleaning. Not sure about other …read more

Last week was National Poison Prevention Week and the Soap and Detergent Association (SDA) did a little survey in order to look at safety.
Results of people who said cleaners are safe:

Very safe (27%)
Safe (58%)
Not very safe (10%)
Not at all safe (3%)

As far as traditional cleaners go, I really can’t agree that they’re safe. Frankly I’m shocked that so many people (over 80%) think that they are.
SDA announced it as something good – “More than eight out of ten Americans recognize that the cleaning products they buy are safe when used as directed.” It seems like …read more