Go Green with Your Cleaning Routine

There are many products right in your own cabinet that you can use for your everyday cleaning routine. Here are a few that can help you clean in a more green way and actually enjoy your cleaning without having to inhale so many fumes while doing it.

• Baking soda and elbow can just about clean anything in your home. You can use it on your toilet and your counters. But use caution on glass or surfaces that can be scratched easily.

• Vinegar is a great cleaning agent and when mixed with a few essential oils, you can clean glass, your car's dash board, you kitchen table, refrigerator, etc. Don't mix too many essential oils with the vinegar though or you will leave an oily residue behind.

• Lemon juice can cut through most grime build up and also it can be added to vinegar for a more pleasant scent as well as the essential oils.

• Borax is another natural cleaning agent that can be mixed with natural soap flakes to clean your laundry.

• Cornstarch can be placed in a plastic bag with your child's stuffed toys to help combat smells within the fabric.

There are many sites online that offer tips and techniques on mixing and combining these and other natural products within your cabinet to help you clean in a more "green" way. It can not only be better for your health, your family's health and your pets, it can also be a better impact on the environment. So go to your cabinet and make yourself up a natural cleaning basket and start the change today.