(NaturalPath) You work hard to keep your house clean. But you also don’t want hazardous cleaning materials in your house, so there needs to be a better, eco-friendly way to clean your house and make it a home. Here are some tips to do just that.
Eliminate Hazardous Materials – the right way
The first step is to rid your kitchen sink and other areas of hazardous materials. So clean out the pantry and such, looking on labels for words such as poison, danger, warning, or caution. You don’t want any of these products that you HAVE to have leaking and causing harm so secure them in a locked place out of the way. Buy safer versions in the future after ridding your home of these products through a hazardous pickup day that most communities have. It’s important to not just throw these products away or pour it down the drain as it could cause problems in the waste stream.
What Should You Use to Clean?
It’s easy to learn the basics of natural cleaning. Homemade recipes are plentiful and will keep your family healthy and your home clean. But still make sure all homemade formulas are well-labeled, and out of the reach of children. Bonus: It’s also cheaper! Along with this use natural, reusable resources in your cleaning routine, keeping in mind durability, health and environmental impact when buying mops, paper towels, sponges, buckets, vacuums.
What’s Up with Your Water?
Know about what kind of water is in your home. Is it hard or soft? With hard water you will most likely need to clean with a detergent instead of a soap to avoid soap scum. This will save you time and money in the long run if you do your research first.
Clean Indoor Air with Plants
You want the air in your house to be fresh and pollution free. You simple, easy and eco-friendly way to do so would be to get some green in your house in the shape of plants. They can clean the air and provide more oxygen as well through photosynthesis.
Razi Berry, Founder and Publisher of Naturopathic Doctor News & Review (ndnr.com) and NaturalPath (thenatpath.com), has spent the last decade as a natural medicine advocate and marketing whiz. She has galvanized and supported the naturopathic community, bringing a higher quality of healthcare to millions of North Americans through her publications. A self-proclaimed health-food junkie and mother of two; she loves all things nature, is obsessed with organic gardening, growing fruit trees (not easy in Phoenix), laughing until she snorts, and homeschooling. She is a little bit crunchy and yes, that is her real name.