If you want to have a nice, clean home that doesn’t rely on toxic, harsh chemicals to clean, then choosing eco-friendly cleaning products is the first major step toward that goal. Clean air will do a great deal of good around your home, keeping your allergies down (if you have them) and overall allowing you to enjoy a better life. Removing toxins from your home will also have a great benefit to the local environment, so begin with the following tips to get things started:
• Remove toxic cleaning products
The majority of household cleaning products used around our homes are filled with various kinds of poisons you may or may not be aware of. A few examples can be seen in most over cleaners, polishes, wasp spray and bug sprays among other things. Far too many of our household products have warning labels, and all of them for a good reason. No matter how much you may believe they are safe, trace amounts of these poisons still leak into the environment, not to mention what we breathe in after we use them. Children are also vulnerable to such chemicals, as their innate curiosity often drives them toward investigating anything around them. This may lead to some dangerous cases of poisoning. Do yourself a favor and get rid of them, so you will enjoy a toxin-free home.
• Proper disposal of toxins
In many cases the harsh chemicals you flush down the drain simply end up in the soil, eventually finding its way to local water supply and into animals and your drinking water. Despite the rather rigorous cleansing done in water treatment plants, you can never be too sure about clean water. Other ways these chemicals could end up being spread is through fire or even sitting in the local landfill. So how do you rid yourself of these toxins safely? If your community has a recycling center, then you should give them a call and get rid of your chemicals through them in a safe and secure way.
• Replace the toxins with safe products
The first thing you should do is focus on some better, biodegradable replacements for your usual set of cleaning agents. This will help you reduce the overall toxins in your home. Thankfully, you can easily find a whole lot of useful products on the market by companies who focus on safe and biodegradable options for safe and efficient cleaning. They will be a much better decision when you take care of your house chores.
• Use non-toxic home ingredients
In many cases you’ll be able to use things you see around your home at all times to get things done. For example, using baking soda, vinegar, rubbing alcohol, witch hazel, lemon juice and even olive oil can be something that replaces all the toxic cleaning products from your home. Other alternatives include the mostly non-toxic borax, which is a naturally-occurring mineral which kills mold.
• Switching to reusable cleaning materials
First of all, take a close look at all your assorted instruments of cleaning and decide which of them are actually going to last long and consider switching them to something that will. Stick to reusable products that won’t have to be thrown away after several uses.
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