Ok, so I saw a commercial two nights ago regarding a green cleaner. It is not simple green. I think it was something like Green Way. I thought it was made by Lysol but checked there website out and haven't found a thing. In the ad they showed 4-5 products in clear bottles, and the cleaner was a green hue. They boasted that it was a natural cleaner without chemicals. I know it was made by a well known company but I cannot find anything online. Anyone have a clue?

Dee I have no clue but Clorox is coming out with a line of green cleaners. They have been advertising alot.

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It IS Clorox! I checked there website and the product is called Green Works. Here is what they say about the products:

"We are proud to offer a natural line of cleaners that work as well as conventional cleaners, made from plant-based material without harsh chemical fumes or residue. We are excited to bring to market our first line of all natural products.

HIGHLIGHTS:
Eco-friendly, plant and mineral based products
Powerful natural cleaners that work as well as conventional cleaners
Our products are not tested on animals"


I guess I know what I will be cleaning my home with from now on. It's always nice to see large companies can make successful products without testing on animals, it's something I will support.

I just generally use vinigar for cleaning. Or bleach if needed.

surprisingly i just found out that SC Johnson products are pretty green as well. check out this article:

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0703/galler...iants.fortune/7.html

I've seen the Green Works at Kroger. I haven't bought any though.

I just bought some Method cleaner from Target. It boasts the same things that the Clorox stuff does. I heard some really good reviews for the Method on another board, so I'm giving it a try. I like the smell of the shower cleaner, but haven't used it long enough to be able to give a full review of it myself.

I have the Green Works multi-purpose cleaner and toilet cleaner. I think they work really well, and they smell nice also!

I've seen a couple of postings on some other blogs that say that companies like Clorox are just trying to profit from the green movement by offering products like these. Well, that's why companies are in business in the first place - to make a profit, aren't they? It seems to me that at least they're trying to do SOMETHING good for the environment, and they ought to get some props for that!

If companies don't profit tey won't exist. But, hey, it's a supply and demand market. PPL want green products so companies are falling over them selves to provide what the customer wants.

It's win-win. They profit and the world get's greener.

SC and Clorox are only about 30 years behind in making any significant effort to be more responsible. It's only because of public awareness, losses due to litigation - and losses of market to more responsible companies with better alternatives - that these older companies are finally caving in.

Safer, more effective solutions have been possible for a long, long, time.

Here's a company you may have heard about: Melaleuca. http://www.melaleuca.com/

Check out their EcoSense line.

I've used their products for awhile. The laundry detergent is awesome (and very cheap, per load). The dishwasher detergent is the only one I know of that isn't loaded with phosphate - no toxic cloud in your face when you open the door, plus, no harmful downstream effects. (Dishwasher detergent, thanks to intense lobbying from sc johnson and others, is exempt from the phosphate ban.)

I've even effectively used one of their products for mold remediation, in a situation were the client refused the use of chlorine bleach.

Their Sol-U-Mel product is a highly concentrated, effective heavy duty cleaner in its own right. I've used it to get crayon out of my jeans when errant crayons made it into the dryer.

I appreciate the positive changes in the product lines offered by the big established players, but still prefer to reward businesses that have built themselves up by doing the right thing in the first place.

After all, it's those types of companies you have to thank for the changes in all the others.

Ecover and Seventh Generation are phosphate free and nontoxic dishwasher detergents that are also biodegradable downstream....I think the Ecover tabs work much better than the powder of SG though....that toxic cloud is part the junk in a regular detergent but the other half of the problem is the hot water turns the chlorine in your water supply to gas...which contributes a toxic burden to your air supply. As I cannot afford a whole house filter to address this and shower steam....I always run a bathroom fan a few feet away while cycle is running and when temperatures are a bit more mild keep the window open as well. My shower I can address with an inexpensive chlorine filter and currently have my family leave the window open in the bathroom while showering...but this is a bit hard to do for the children when it is so cold out here right now. I have read so many sites about the air in our homes being much more contaminated than the polluted air outside...guess its hard to measure but figure by using green cleaners and addressing the water thing....I at least reduce the output into my indoor air. I also try to buy more plants to help keep the air a bit cleaner.....and am researching non VOC paints for upcoming projects.

Thanks for the tip on crayon stain removal....

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Clorox also has come out with a non cholrine bleach...as has Ecover and Seventh Gen....which is basically hydrogen peroxide used as its agent....but I have figured I can live without white white white stuff....I would rather support a company that is more green all over...Clorox has a huge mass market of toxic chemical cleaners and it trying to fill a niche. Good that they are but chlorine is a cheap chemical they had to find a use for after it was introduced as a weapon of war when it was discovered how toxic chlorine gas was.....then they found it cleans well and is in expensive and BOOM all cleaning products rallied to its miracles....so glad to see it spreading that its not such a good thing for us or the environment.

To me, the best news about companies like Clorox and SC Johnson developing "green" lines is that these products are more accessible and friendlier, if you will, to newly or wannabe green consumers. It's no big deal for me to order Seventh Generation products online, but in our small-ish town, it might be a big deal for lots of people.

If somebody who is just sort of thinking about using non-toxic, eco-friendly products, but doesn't know where to start, sees them on the shelf at the grocery store - and the price is comparable to the stuff they're accustomed to using - then I think they're more likely to take the plunge. And after that, who knows where that will take them?!?

Yes I know it is hard to find some of the lines for a good price and even at all in some smaller towns. And yes it is a start.... I order most of mine online in bulk and get a much better price....sure sometimes it is a year supply but works for me. Amazon has good deals on bulk items and you can save more with a subscription which you can cancel or modify anytime...like if you run out and need more you can have ship every 3, 6 , 9 months. I get all my paper products that way and some cleaners. I am willing to pay a bit more but still watch out for the best deals I can find.

It is rather contagious once you start isn't it? You find more and more things to replace...and I have not missed any of the old products I used to favor.

I have also read that, believe it or not, that if a vinegar does not say it is grain based it is often petroleum based ...go figure....Heinz is grain based in the big jugs, but those noname brands do seem stinkier to me....

I had no idea that vinegar could even BE petroleum based! Thanks for that info - I'll be on the lookout from now on!

Check out this site I
do not know of any way they could make vinegar from petrolem.
"Vinegar is made from the oxidation of ethanol in wine, cider, beer, fermented fruit juice, or nearly any other liquid containing alcohol."
I also use rubbing alcohol to disinfect in the bathroom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinegar

I will try to find that source...I read it more than one place and when I looked at labels only a few said grain based on the label....think Deirdre Imus in GREEN THIS was the first place I read it.....

It was something like vinegar, and likewise some alcohols can be sythetically made from petroleum based things at a cheaper cost...thus the grain based was something to seek out.