House cleaning is not exactly a hot topic on the radar of the environmental movement. However, there is a green cleaning component that most would-be environmentalist should know.
If you’re a germophobe, you’re likely to keep a very clean house. You might even obsess about dirt and bacteria a little too much and reach for the bleach on too many occasions for your own good. The fact is, too many chemicals is not good for you or the environment. If you need to clean, you should use natural products.
A very simple household cleaner is good old fashion vinegar. You can use vinegar to clean a variety of things from everything from kitchen appliances to bathroom sinks. Vinegar works well with killing gems and bacteria because of its acidity level. It truly is an all -purpose cleaning that helps with all house cleaning jobs.
House work is not just about using elbow grease and scrubbing. It is also about organizing things around the house. Let’s face it, if you want to do a good cleaning job, you need to move things out of the way first. You can minimize the clutter around the house by always picking up after yourself regularly. A quick ten minute tidy up is much better than hours of cleaning to get rid of weeks or even months of dirt.
Although we might not collect clutter like newspaper or junk mail that needs to be thrown away, sometimes we do collect other things that have outlived their usefulness. Due to a connection we feel towards the object, we refuse to let it go. However, if it makes you feel any better, that object that you feel an attachment to might be better served in the home of the less fortunate. Once put into perspective, you realize how much good you do by giving it away to charity.
Although cleaning is not a hot topic of conversation for a lot of people, you can see what a big difference you can make in the environment and to charity. So next time you do some green house cleaning or give something away, you can feel very proud of yourself.