Greening Your Cleaning

By Coco Clayman-Cook

As we look for ways to green our homes and environment, one of my favorite ways is to completely remove toxic cleaners from my home and office.  For years we have all used the equivalent of a toxic waste dump to clean our homes.  The residue of which has lingered in our homes (which by the way is not good for us) or been washed down our many types of drains and eventually runs into the ocean. I donate to Heal the Bay.
 
More and more people are recognizing there is a need for natural cleaning products that are better for us and better for the environment.  A trip down any cleaning aisle will demonstrate that even the biggest cleaning companies are jumping on the green cleaning band wagon.  I'm not sure how "green" those products really are, but they are certainly greener than the alternatives from years past.  If you are looking for truly natural alternatives for your cleaning products I suggest shopping at a Whole Foods Market, Wild Oats or Trader Joe's.  If you don't live near one of those Melalucca is a reputable company that will ship directly to your home.  Clean Green and help save yourself and the environment.