Green Clean Your Bathroom for Pennies

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Published: December 10, 2010
By: Alyson McNutt English
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Green cleaners can be eco-friendly and kind to your wallet. Here are six ways to shine your bathroom for pennies.

Effort: Low 15 min (mix own cleaner)
Investment: Low most cleaners less than $5/ gal

Sinks and vanity solutions

Green clean scum and toothpaste-covered sinks and vanities with hot water and a natural dishwashing soap like Mrs. Meyer’s (28 cents/oz). Cost: 56 cents/wash.

To disinfect, make a soft scrub mix made from Women’s Voices for the Earth’s green all-purpose cleaner recipe. Cost: 80 cents/16 oz.

Or make a creamy soft scrub mix of baking soda, castile soap, glycerin, and essential fragrance oils that will foam up and clean away dirty sink and vanity problem. Cost: $3/20 oz.

You can use the soft-scrub mix all over the house, and castile soap (40 cents/oz) can double as a body wash or shampoo.

Next: Mirror and glass miracles

Alyson McNutt English

writes regularly about home improvement, decorating, and “green home” tips; her work has appeared in magazines like Pregnancy, Kiwi, and Parenting and on many websites, including BobVila.com and HGTV.com.

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Baking soda is the mack daddy of <a href="http://www.maidbrigade.com/green-cleaning/">green cleaning</a. Its non toxic, harmless and CHEAP. Being green is about saving the planet and your wallet. I will never understand the high prices some people charge.
Posted by casey on February 15, 2011

The best way to get the bathroom clean is to keep it clean in the first place. It's easier to prevent mold and grime than remove it later! You can save yourself some time and money by installing an air-it-out shower hook in the tub area. It's basically a suction cup with a hooked tube on it to pull the middle of the shower curtain away from the tub siding after you're done showering. This lets air underneath it to help dry out the area and voila!! It destroys molds breeding ground and stops it before it starts. Check it out at www.air-it-out.weebly.com
Posted by Kasey on February 08, 2011

They’re lush, green, and all-American. They’re also water-hogging, time-sucking nuisances. In fact, some are saying ‘no’ to turf. Should we get rid of our lawns?

What are lawn alternatives?

Turf grasses

Ground cover

Fake grass

And, yes, lawn paint!