Letter Asking for Environmentally Friendly Bathroom Cleaner
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This week, I started breaking down my household cleaning routine, starting in the bathroom. Bathroom cleaners pollute our air and our waterways, while contributing waste from their plastic packaging. While there are sustainable bathroom cleaners on the market, I think it's important to hold larger companies accountable for their environmental impact. Read more →
How to Make Toilet Cleaning Bombs
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I loathe cleaning the bathroom... just the thought of scrubbing a toilet bowl gets me dry heaving. Before I started my low-waste journey, I was happy to use the most potent chemicals available. Now, I've learned that conventional bathroom cleaners can be harmful to both my health and the environment. Read more →
10 Sustainable Cleaning Products for your Bathroom
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This week, I've been learning all about household cleaning products and how they impact the environment. Since bathroom cleaners typically get washed down the drain and into our waterways, I've decided they should be the first to go. While compiling this list of sustainable bathroom cleaners, I looked for low-waste packaging and naturally derived ingredients that wouldn't be harmful to my health or the environment. Read more →
The Environmental Impact of Bathroom Cleaners
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Last week, we made some significant changes to our laundry routine after learning about its negative environmental impact. Now, we'll navigate through sustainable cleaning in the rest of the home. Get your latex gloves on, because next up, we're scrubbing toilets. Read more →
Letter Asking for Plastic-Free Laundry Detergent
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This week, I was overwhelmed by the negative environmental impact of my laundry routine. In order to shrink my laundry waste, I switched to a sustainable detergent and made reusable wool dryer balls from an old sweater. However, there are still a whole lot of plastic detergent bottles that end up in landfills. An estimated 1 billion plastic detergent bottles are discarded in the United States every year. Read more →