Green Cleaning has a several benefits. Not only does it work but you avoid chemicals that can be potential harmful to your family and sometimes it’s a cheaper cleaning option. Here are some of my favorite ways to clean greener (and more affordably).
Vinegar — vinegar is inexpensive, especially if you buy store brand. You can clean lots of things with a vinegar and water solution. Put it in a spray bottle, put it in a bucket like your normal cleaner. I use about 1/2 cup per gallon of water. You can mop floors with it, clean windows, or use it as an all purpos cleaner. You only get a mild vinegar smell and the scent wears off pretty quickly.
Reuse Used dryer sheets — is you use dryer sheets, save the used ones. They come in handy as cleaning clothes/dusting clothes, wiping windows, use them like eraser for dry erase boards, or add a few drops of your favorite essential oil to a used dryer sheet and tuck it in a drawer or in the bathroom for a light air freshener. They’re also nice to wipe of the access dirt from your ceiling fans.
Baking Soda – Baking soda can be used to clean everything from grout to your teeth. I keep a box in my daughter diaper pale drawer to help keep it fresh. Sprinkle some on the carpet, leave it sit for about 10 minutes then vacuum to freshen your carpets. Take an old toothbrush and make a paste with baking soda and a little water and use the paste and toothbrush to scrub grout or other small crevices. Sprinkle some in the toilet and scrub as usual to get it clean and freshen it.
Reuse old toothbrushes – I mentioned above you can use them to clean grout but you can also use them around your facets, to clean around the caulking in your shower, scrubbing the rims of your sink and shower drains, etc. Also create for crafts like splatter art.
Check out my guest post for a greener clean for your car.
