Build Green: An insider's insight into the trend of green building by Schröder Christian

Author:Schröder, Christian [Schröder, Christian]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2019-11-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6:

Environmentally Friendly Maintenance Material

Synopsis

Shifting from chemical and disposable cleaning products to greener alternatives isn't only more environmentally friendly; it's less expensive and better for your family. Simple, readily useable products are likewise safe for your septic system. Learning to make them will help you reach your green goals. Once you've assembled a collection of these products, you will be able to assemble a cleaning agent for any maintenance purpose.

Keeping It Up

Stock up on the things for natural, homemade housecleaning supplies. Distilled white vinegar works as a wash softener and deodorizer as well as a mighty cleansing agent for non-porous surfaces. Baking soda soaks up odors, is an abrasive factor for cleanup and reacts with vinegar to power away drain backs up and clean hard stains.

Olive oil conditions and cleans up- wood products. These 3 things, available at your food market, will clean about everything in your home without chemicals.

Put together your own laundry soap. Bars of washing soap are found at markets. Grate one and mix with 1 cupful of Borax and 1 cupful of washing soda.

These washing booster amplifiers turn the grated soap into an ultra- laundry detergent. You'll only require 1 tablespoonful to wash a standard load of grimy clothes. Without additives to encourage suds or to whiten or scent the soap, this is a green option to commercial detergents.

Utilize recyclable cleaning supplies like a standard mop, which is a greener answer than a system that utilizes throwaway pads, or make your own washable pads to utilize with the mop that

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