Eco cleaning products, anyone use?

[Ofelia11]

Hi all
I'm moving to Eco cleaning products mainly as my skin is getting so dry from bleach etc and my youngest has bad eczema. I've seen Method brand and Ecover.

Just wondered if anyone used these or others and where best to buy?.

Thanks x

Yes. I use Splosh. It's online so you buy the refills rather than the container each time.

I use ecover all purpose cleaner This cleaner gets through most grease and grime. Can also be used on floors and ties, a good all round cleaner.

We use Bio D and get form Amazon . You can buy refills so it is much cheaper and no more eczema .

I've liked all the method products I've tried, they smell amazing, clean really well and are often on 3 for 2 in tesco.

A bottle of jif, a bottle of white vinegar, a limescale remover, an antibac spray for occasional use, a bottle of washing up liquid - thats it. You dont need bleach except for mould removal.

Watch for greenwash, one of the brands mentioned is a shocker for that.

Specialsubject - which brand is green washing? I really hope it isn't Method or Attitude as I use those a lot.

Dont want to break house rules - but when ingredients are very similar to mainstream products, prices much higher and bottles still plastic, i dont like it.

And why have perfume, for instance?

Have a look on biggreensmile.com. They have a full range of Eco cleaning products. They often have sales and offers on. Today they had a flash sale - 25% off ever ting today only.

We tried some on the recommendation of Eco cleaning blog on Facebook.

We use sonett products, and also things like vinegar and bicarb. Summer-naturals have vinegar for cleaning that is cheaper than the supermarket.

we use ecover.
I know they are a bit controversial but they wirk well and I applaud a company exploring other ethical and ecological avenues.

and generally using less products which is the most ecological.

I buy 5 litre bottles of eco laundry detergent/washing up liquid online, I would buy larger ones but we don't have the storage at the moment.

Ecos, BioD and Ecoleaf are decent brands. Faith in nature have lovely smells.

Method smells great, the floor cleaners are good but I feel like the sprays are too soapy and therefore leave residue.

Ecover is okay, their cream cleaner for example is good, as is the laundry detergent.

Zombie thread but still relevant...

So after watching the drowning in plastic program on the BBC I've gone on a cut plastic rampage. Bought some mesh type cotton sacks for buying fresh fruit and veg, ordered bar soaps and shampoos, then joined up to Splosh.

I normally use ecover and Method - our Booths has a refill station for some ecover products. So that is an option.

I was just looking at the labels for Splosh though and I'm not sure how skin friendly it's going to be, my ds has eczema so I am careful. I think benziso/methyliso-thiazoline are the 'new' parabens - I need to read up again.

Does anyone know about these, or have eczema and used these products? I really like the idea of Splosh so want it to be ok!

Pictures...

Oh gosh I don't like them - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylisothiazolinone?wprov=sfti1

Would it be wrong to send the Splosh things back? The ecover products don't have it listed, I can refill the non bio detergent and washing up liquid only though at Booths. Might have to explore the vinegar and soda crystals for cleaning...

I like the idea of Ecover products but they’re expensive and not very effective.

The Pink Stuff is brilliant.

I make my own. Get a large jar of white vinegar, fill with orange peels over a few days and leave for a couple of weeks. Then add some water (about the same quantity as vinegar) and a couple of drops of washing up liquid and it makes an all purpose cleaner.

We also buy ecoleaf products in bulk from Suma Wholesale (washing up liquid and floor cleaner) .

Zombie thread I know but I'm very interested to continue to explore all avenues with this.

I'm going to get bamboo cloths to start.

I want to find a better laundry wash - currently ecover. Or establish if it's ok or not.

I'm concerned about impact in terms of:
Chemicals in water
Fumes (asthma)
Micro plastics
Plastic bottles.

But I suspect there's no one answer here, a combo of different approaches!

For example I'm looking at Koh for general cleaning.

I like the vinegar and orange peel idea.

But it does need to be sustainable for us as well as the environment!

For years I've been used by bio d washing liquids (clothes and washing up, oh and loo cleaner), and bicarbonate and vinegar, and just damp cloths. Our house doesn't sparkle, but that's because we don't clean very often. When we buckle down it sparkles! Bicarb beats any other cleaner I've tried for getting muck (including soap scum in sinks and sticky horrors in kitchens) off, and vinegar shines, and removes bicarb residue if you get any. And the bio D loo cleaner dissolves limescale in non- loo places too.
Mostly a damp cloth does the job- always try that first before getting the products out!

Thanks dusty!