The Complete Guide to Eco-Friendly House Cleaning Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply (Back-To-Basics)

For many years throughout the 20th Century, the conveniences of household cleaning items outwighed any consideration of where they came from or what they contained. Today, the consciousness of many consumers has started to advance due to ongoing environmental and economic concerns. For that reason, dozens of new products have developed on the market from Simple Green to Seventh Generation. In addition to these green conscious products there are hundreds of ways you can change your house cleaning and maintenance to be eco-friendly, even making your own cleaning materials out of everyday items that have zero environmental impact.

This book will guide you through the process of both recognizing and utilizing the most advanced eco-friendly house cleaning technology around, as well as tried and true cleaning methods that have been around for centuries. You will learn all the necessities of green cleaning basics including:

• What your current cleaning products do to the environment, your home, and even your health
• The necessary steps you need to take to transition your kitchen to green products, as well as your bathroom, laundry, bedroom, and even the lights you use around your home
• How you can start using products that have been around for centuries and have since been forgotten in favor of dangerous chemicals
• What you can do to clean up after your pets efficiently and how to keep your children safe from chemicals
• Which mixtures work, which ones are unsafe, and what resources you can check for additional details you may need

Dozens of experts on green cleaning have been interviewed for this book, providing everything needed by any individual who wants to start changing how they clean their home for good.

Anne Kocsis worked in the Cumberland Valley school district as a teacher's aide. She is currently a freelance writer and the mother of three children: a son who is a senior in high school, a son in his last year of middle school, and a daughter in fifth grade. This is her third book with Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc. She is also the author of How to Be Successful in Your First Year of Teaching High School: Everything You Need to Know That They Don't Teach You in School.