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Conventional cleaning products are effective, but aggressive and pollutants. Try the everyday products (vinegar, lemon, etc..) Cleaning products or environmentally friendly.

White vinegar

Descaler as :

- For your sinks: soak a cloth in vinegar and rub hot or cold your tap (with coarse salt and more if the scale is old);
- For your coffee or tea: mix half vinegar / half water, let stand at least 1 / 2 hour, then turn the unit on. Finally, rinse after discharge.
- In your toilet: Pour 1 / 2 liter of vinegar in the toilet flush in the evening and leave on overnight;
- In your washing machine: put a quart of vinegar in the machine and turn vacuum (to be renewed every three months).

Shine Like :

- To restore shine to your pots: scrub with a little vinegar and salt;
- To polish your silverware: scrub with hot vinegar and salt and then rinse with soapy water.

Lemon

Like deodorant :

- In your fridge: cut a lemon in half and place it in your fridge, it will load to capture odors; 
- In a room: mix in a cup of water, lemon juice and a tablespoon of alcohol. Add a few drops of essential oil if you wish. Transfer the ingredients in a small spray as needed.

As a stain :

- A rust stain: water with lime and salt. Leave on for 30 minutes, then wipe with a damp sponge.

Baking soda

Like cleaning :

- Carpet, fabric and carpet: in a spray bottle, mix one teaspoon of baking soda, a glass of white vinegar, a little cleaner (green). Spray, let sit for several minutes and then rub or brush.

- For your oven: Place on baking a sponge and spread it on the parts to clean, leave it on overnight and rinse with a damp cloth or sponge.

- For bathroom accessories: dilute 4 tablespoons of baking soda in a quart of water and let soak overnight hair brushes and polish, cosmetic sponges ... Rinse thoroughly with clean water.

Black soap

If you want to buy an environmentally friendly product ready, go for the soap. It consists of a soda plant, mixed with water and oil (olive, flax or palm). It comes in liquid or paste. 

The advantage: versatility. By itself, it replaces almost all cleaning products. It cleans, cleaned, shines, loose, degrease, etc.. You can also use it in your garden to eliminate aphids and scale insects.

The labels of other products

All cleaning products are environmentally friendly now as they read. However, it is difficult to identify them on the shelves of stores. Most of the entries, like "organic" or "green", have no effect on ecological or biological.

Therefore prefer products certified by labels. Be aware that some labels allow synthetic substances, dyes and synthetic fragrances. This applies to:

- European Eco-label;
- Standard "NF Environment".

Labels the most demanding and, therefore, most recommended are:

- Ecocert;
- Nature & Progress