Environmental Management: Local company stock tips without chemical cleaning

You can not use chemical weapons to win the war against germs.

That's what the owners of two local cleaning companies say to keep them clean and healthy in spring cleaning.

The authority cleaning and sweeping cleaning Environmentally friendly Green products used as baking soda and vinegar - that are safe for humans, animals and the environment - with a lot of elbow grease, face even the toughest jobs.

Schleicher: Overlooking a mess little at a time

"Read the label," says John Schleicher, chairman of the Authority Broadbent Parkway NE cleaning. "You really want to avoid products that say" harmful or fatal if swallowed. "

A study by the Environmental Protection Agency six municipalities in various regions in the United States showed levels of air pollution 10 - times higher than outside were indoors - even in locations with significant sources of pollution outside air, by epa gov / the indoor air quality .

Detergent with volatile organic compounds contribute to poor indoor air or is harmful, according to the EPA, and smoke snuff and other combustible materials and may aggravate respiratory problems.

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Here are some tips Authority green cleaning cleaning and sweeping green eco cleaning:
• Open the window.
• a microfibre cloth to dry surfaces, or with a little water.
• To remove for cleaning and light stains from hard surfaces, mix ¼ cup vinegar in a quart of water in a spray bottle. Wipe with a microfiber cloth. Reduce the amount of vinegar to clean glass and mirrors. If the vinegar smell is unpleasant, a drops of your favorite essential oil.
• For questions about cooking, baking powder with a cloth can usually break. For dirt in an oven, try a paste of equal parts vinegar and soda. Let stand, or life, until they are dry and a soft brush sieve mesh to remove.
• a steammop with water and a microfiber cloth for cleaning hard surfaces experiments.
• Bon Ami, a cleaning powder, oil-based feldspar and limestone, corn and coconut can be used for most bathtubs and water areas.
• Additional Stash Trashbags the bottom of the dish.
• Look for products with thyme oil, a natural disinfectant.

"They did not have a strong bleach or disinfectant to clean their own house," said Molly Moran, owner of Green Sweep on Mountain Road NW. "Pure water and vinegar is a natural disinfectant. Unfortunately based marketing to fear is real. We were all scared to think that we kill all the germs and prevent exposure to germs."

Part of the problem is marketing combines a clean synthetic perfume. "We are emotionally attached with the smell of clean, clean but does not smell like lemons. Clean no fragrance."

Try sanitized at home with chemicals, such as the seventh generation could "do more harm than good to do," Moran said, adding brands environmentally friendly, are widespread. In addition, for the safest product EPA label option that meets the agency criteria.

Schleicher and Moran swear microfibre cloths, in the amount of at Costco and other stores. "Powder receiver microfiber" he says, adding that customers are surprised by the cleaning staff may have in their homes with microfiber cloths, water, vinegar and baking soda.

He explained that projects should start household cleaning, clean up the mess. "If you do not need or find that value adds to your life, get rid of it"

The disorder can be overwhelming, so he said at a time with a room or cabinet go slowly, and the feeling of accomplishment enjoy when the task is completed.

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