Earth Day, Every Day - Tip # 3

Clean Up Your Act

Choose non-toxic concentrated cleaners.
Not only are they safer for you, your home and our planet, but because they're concentrates they save companies from having to ship water (think of all the gasoline that saves). After all, you have water at home, so use a concentrate and mix it yourself.

I especially like the top rated Get Clean line of household cleaners from Shaklee. They're highly concentrated, work well and are so inexpensive.

Shaklee's Non-Toxic Cleaning Products top the list of Cleaners the Pros LOVE

Reader's Digest has a new article titled 5 Cleaning Products the Pros Love.

Personally I love their number one suggestion of Shaklee's Basic H2 concentrate and Scour Off Paste. I've used both of these in my home for over 30 years and absolutely love how easily they clean.

But I'd like to share why I choose a concentrate like Shaklee's or Mrs. Meyer's which costs more to buy, over a ready to use product which costs way less.

Simply because in the long run concentrates not only save me money, they save plastic too, and since one bottle of Shaklee's concentrate makes hundreds of bottles of powerful green cleaner, the savings in plastic manufacturing costs (oil), product shipping and plastic bottle recycling, is significant. So my initial investment of $15, saved me hundreds of dollars over the $3 ready to use product, and kept hundreds of bottles from needing to be manufactured, shipped and recycled.

Bottom line, whenever possible, if your favorite product is available as a concentrate, buy it, the savings are exponential.