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Green living is something we hear being talked about every day in today’s world. In addition to this term, we also hear others like “sustainable living,” While both terms refer to practices that promote a healthy planet and clean environment, the two terms are often used interchangeably, but they probably shouldn’t.
“Sustainable Living” refers more to the way products are produced in an eco friendly manner using production techniques and materials that support a healthy environment instead of creating products with toxic chemicals in them or made in such a way as to cause more harm than good for the environment.
Green living, on the other hand, refers to the habitual day-to-day activities that are routine and part of our daily lives. Living green means that we do these daily routines with the environment at the top of our minds and thinking about how we can do these activities in an earth friendly way. For example, we need to clean our kitchen everyday, so why not doing it in a greener way and create a green habit out of it by choosing an environmentally friendly cleaning products to use in our daily cleaning.
With that in mind, let’s look at several eco friendly cleaning products below that we can use in our kitchen to start with.
1. Seventh Generation Dish Liquid and Dishwashing Pack
Ok, so since we’re talking about the kitchen, let’s look at what we use most in the kitchen for cleaning – Dish Liquid, of course!
We recommend Seventh Generation Dishwashing Liquid [available on Amazon] for its eco friendly, plant-based ingredients. This product works just like any other dish soap, so you’re unlikely to notice a difference between it and your previous dish soap. The only difference is that It works hard on dirty dishes yet gentle on the earth. As it uses USDA Certified biodegradable formula, this EPA Safer Choice dish liquid designed to go easy on our planet’s water supply and biodegrades after it goes down the drain.
2. Nordhus Design Swedish Dish Clothes
Besides in the sink, what other cleaning essentials are found in all kitchens? Great Guess -Dishcloths, it is.
Well, we recommend Nordhus Design Swedish Dish Clothes [available on Amazon] not just because of its joyful and unique design, but also for its fast-drying feature so it doesn’t smell or mildewy after wash. What’s more important is that they are made with organic cotton and cellulose, which means they are 100% bio-degradable, but not before being washed and dried up and re-used over 200 times. Awesome! Use this to replace your sponges, dish rags and paper towels. What a Game Changer!
For added convenience, you can wash them in washing machine or the upper rack of your dishwasher.
3. Cloud Paper Bamboo Paper Towels
At times, we may need to use a single-use disposable paper towel instead of cloth for cleaning. In that case, we recommend Cloud Paper Bamboo Towels [available on Amazon]. Reason is simple, this tree-free paper towel rolls made of 100% bamboo.
Toilet paper and paper towels, just the two alone, contribute to 20% of global deforestation. This equals 40,000 trees cut down per day. Unlike trees, bamboo reaches harvest maturity in just three years and does not need to be replanted after it is harvested as the bamboo will continue to grow.
Plus, its plastic-free, recyclable and compostable packaging commitment make it the best eco-friendly cleaning product in the kitchen we can think of in that category.
They are a little rougher in texture, but they are super absorbent and will help you clean up just about any mess!
4. SCRUBIT Natural Scouring Pads
As for the naughty, sticky, tough dirt that require heavy cleaning, we recommend using SCRUBIT Scouring Pad [available on Amazon] to treat as it fights all types of grease and grime. They are made entirely out of Sisal -100% natural combination of fibers, durable materials carefully selected and combined for long lasting scouring.
5. Mrs. Meyer’s All-Purpose Cleaner Spray
Mrs. Meyer’s All-Purpose Cleaner Spray [available on Amazon] is just perfect to be included in your eco friendly cleaning product collections as it feature hard-working multi-purpose agents yet gentle to the earth while also providing nice and bright scent to the home. A fresh, easy, quick way to remove stuck on dirt and bad odors throughout the house.
6. Reli. Biodegradable Trash Bags
Last but not least, you’ll need a strong yet eco-friendly trash bag to collect all the waste away. What else if not to rely on Reli. Biodegradable Trash Bags [available on Amazon]. Premium value with eco friendly 13 Gallon toughness.
Green Habits
So you can see that green living involves analyzing our smallest of daily habits we do and figuring out how all those daily habits can be done with the environment at the forefront of our minds. With the above examples, we looked at one area of the house and a series of cleaning habits that you perform daily. From cleaning the dishes, wiping up spills, using dishcloths, and mopping the floor are all things we regularly need to do as part of our healthy daily routines.
So start with your kitchen and try to make sure every kitchen routine is done in an environmentally friendly way. Then you can move on to the bathroom and do the same thing. Pretty soon, after going from room to room in your house, you will have formed new routines, and you’ll have learned to source green products that are mostly reusable and earth friendly.