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Clean and Green: The Complete Guide to Non-Toxic and Environmentally Safe Housekeeping
Clean & Green is filled with new and traditional ideas for living free of hazardous household products. You'll learn how to create a fantastic cleaner and a soft scrubber, clean produce effectively, and eliminate mold without disinfectants. Discover the cleaning power of lemon, rhubarb and other plants, use little-known cleaning agents like pumice and zeolite, and rediscover gentle disinfectants like pine oil and borax. You can even make your own car wax, rust inhibitor and engine degreaser.
You'll also be able to create a healthier environment with air-filtering house plants, preserve bulk cleaning formulas, naturally wash floors with a flea-fighting soap, and personalize homemade cleaners with your favorite natural fragrance. Resources for nontoxic commercial products are also included.
You'll also be able to create a healthier environment with air-filtering house plants, preserve bulk cleaning formulas, naturally wash floors with a flea-fighting soap, and personalize homemade cleaners with your favorite natural fragrance. Resources for nontoxic commercial products are also included.
162 pages, Paperback
First published October 30, 1990
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November 20, 2015
At the time that I read this (over 20 years ago) I got lots of good tips.
January 29, 2009
This book is great! How to housekeep without toxins! Most recipes call for items you already have or can get at low cost; baking soda, vinegar, citrus, borax, washing soda, glycerin. Lots of tips and advice on what to use and how to use it. Where you would find the ingredients, etc..
May 21, 2017
This is an awesome guide on non toxic cleaning for your home. If you're sensitive to chemicals or just want to use an alternative to strong chemicals in your home because you want to live a more healthy lifestyle, this is a great guide giving you lots of different recipes and resources to help you.
It lists companies that make products for you and it has tons of homemade recipes you can make with just simple kitchen items such as baking soda, lemon juice, washing soda, borax, vinegar and olive oil. It's amazing the amount of surfaces you can clean with just a few items that cost very little money and that is better for your environment. Certain pets such as birds can kill over just by using strong cleaners in your home, so it's best to use this guide to protect them and yourself.
The chapters include: all purpose household cleaners, scouring powders and soft scrubbers, disinfectants and mold cleaners, air fresheners and odor removal, the kitchen, glass cleaners, ovens and appliances, cleaning metal, the bathroom, furniture, floors, carpet cleaning, walls and wallpaper, fireplace cleaners, laundry, stains and tough jobs, cars, cleaning up chemicals, reducing chemical residues from fruits and vegetables, recycling and reducing our use of plastics, commercial products that are safe for health and safe for the earth. There are tons of resources too.
This is definitely a book to keep on your shelf.
It lists companies that make products for you and it has tons of homemade recipes you can make with just simple kitchen items such as baking soda, lemon juice, washing soda, borax, vinegar and olive oil. It's amazing the amount of surfaces you can clean with just a few items that cost very little money and that is better for your environment. Certain pets such as birds can kill over just by using strong cleaners in your home, so it's best to use this guide to protect them and yourself.
The chapters include: all purpose household cleaners, scouring powders and soft scrubbers, disinfectants and mold cleaners, air fresheners and odor removal, the kitchen, glass cleaners, ovens and appliances, cleaning metal, the bathroom, furniture, floors, carpet cleaning, walls and wallpaper, fireplace cleaners, laundry, stains and tough jobs, cars, cleaning up chemicals, reducing chemical residues from fruits and vegetables, recycling and reducing our use of plastics, commercial products that are safe for health and safe for the earth. There are tons of resources too.
This is definitely a book to keep on your shelf.
August 24, 2007
A A great guide to safe cleaning products to use in your home, it also gives "recipes" for making green cleaning products for your home. Fantastic.
March 4, 2009
Has wonderful recipes for home made cleaners. I have a hard time using store bought because the smell of most of the make my head hurt. These are made with ingredients that most people have on had or are very inexpensive to buy. I use the disinfectant, Window and all purpose cleaners from this book.
February 28, 2008
Too old. Informative
December 10, 2008
Another keeper for around the house!! Love the furniture polish recipe. I've used this book so much the pages are falling out.
April 16, 2009
This book has many amazing solutions for homemade non-toxic cleaning. I love it and totally recommend it.
April 22, 2009
agree with Jenava, needs some sort of an index, but very good recipes for making natural cleaners.
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July 2, 2014
A good place to start. Lots of recipes for homemade cleaning products with natural ingredients like baking soda, vinegar, lemon juice...
July 26, 2014
Good tips on ingredients, good advice on non-toxic store bought products.
September 17, 2014
Great healthy solutions to chemical free cleaning
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