After a long day at work
or at school, it's nice to come home to a clean and fresh house.
Maintaining the
cleanliness of our home sweet home can sometimes be a daunting task though. So
to make our lives easier, we use products and tools to aid us in cleaning.
But are we sure that these
products are friendly to our environment?
Mother Earth has been
compromised because of the products that we’re using that are toxic and harmful
for the environment. Let us show our concern to the planet that we’re living in
by using these eco-friendly tips in cleaning our tiny abode.
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1. Replace Hazard Product
Statistically, more than
synthetic chemicals are being used today and most of them are not properly
tested for safety. These untested and unsafe chemicals can be found in in
almost everything like pet or cleaning products.
To preserve our future and
our loved ones’, we should make a conscious effort to ditch products that
contain harmful chemicals. Since this is not an easy task, you should set a
date and clear out your schedule just to check each product that you’re using
at home. Gather every product that are untested and unsafe and dispose them
properly. Switch to alternative products that contain biodegradable and nontoxic
ingredients.
2. Reusable Dryer Sheets
If you’re still using a
commercial dryer sheet, it’s time to assess your preference. Those little
disposable sheets contain lots of harmful chemicals such as chloroform, benzyl
acetate, limonene, ethanol, benzyl alcohol among others that are linked to many
diseases.
The good news is, you can
make your own dryer sheets at the comfort of your home. What’s even better is
that most of the ingredients are already in your cupboard.
You would need:
·
1 cup
white vinegar
·
8 oz.
amber spray bottle
·
Essential
oils
·
strips
of clothes
How to do it:
·
Pour
the vinegar into the spray bottle.
·
Add
your preferred essential oils. The volume depends on how much scents you want
on your clothes
·
Spray
it into each sheet. One sheet is enough for a standard load of laundry.
3. Ditch Air Fresheners & Eliminate Odor with Lemon
We use air fresheners to
make our home smells good. Some air fresheners though are not safely tested and
contain chemicals that are harmful to the health of your family.
If you want your house to
be odor-free and smell good, you can opt for natural alternatives
instead. One of the most common natural ingredients used to make your
home smell irresistibly is lemon. You can use it almost everywhere – from
garbage disposal to bathroom to the kitchen sink.
The acidity in the lemon will surely eliminate
the entire unpleasant odour. You can put a slice of lemon in your kitchen sink
or you may combine the lemon drops with water or other essential oils.
4. Clean Floor with Vinegar
The use of vinegar does
not just limit as a flavor-enhancer to your favorite dishes. It is also
popularly use in cleaning as it’s a natural product that safely disinfects,
deodorizes and cleans most surfaces.
It’s an effective cleaning
product that you can safely use on your floor as its mild acidity effectively
removes stubborn dirt and stains. Against steam clean comparison, vinegar is just as effective,
yet it’s cheaper and safer to the environment.
To make your own solutions, simply mix ¼
to ½ cup of vinegar with 1 gallon of water. You can also add essential oils if
you want a more scented finish.
5. Clean Indoor Air with Plants
Plants don't only make our
surrounding beautiful, they are also used to purify our indoor air and
eliminates bad odor.
If you want your home to
smell nice and fresh, have these plants:
·
Garden
mum
·
Spider
plant
·
Dracaena
·
Weeping
Fig
·
Peace
lily
·
Boston
fern
·
Bamboo
palm
·
Aloe Vera
Taking care of our
environment should start from our home. These tips above will not only
give us an immaculately clean house, it will also help our mother earth becomes
a better place to live in.
