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Clorox Green Works, Greenwashers or Environment Stewards

roger2435 — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:13:02 +0000

I have been reading a lot of mixed reviews of Clorox’s new “green works” line of household cleaners. For those of you who do not know, greenwashing according to wikipedia “is a term that is used to describe the act of misleading consumers regarding the environmental practices of a company or the environmental benefits of a product or service.” Chester’s Clean House writes that even 1% unnatural ingredients is too much. They have a strong argument, but I still think the cleaners are better for the environment and they don’t really cost me any extra to use them. Joel Makower discusses how Clorox is trying to become a green company, after many years as the “Bleach” company. TreeHugger seems to like green works and talks a lot about it’s Sierra Club endorsement. This all gets more interesting as I researched it more because it seems that Joel Makower is a consultant for Clorox and the Conservation Director of the Sierra Club is a TreeHugger blogger. So I am starting to wonder, is Clorox trying to buy a more green name? That sure sounds like greenwashing to me. Let me know what you think of this product and in your comments tell us if you are going to buy it?

What Can You Recycle?

roger2435 — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:20:12 +0000

Are you doing all that you can to recycle? Do you have two or more recycling bins? Do really know what can and cannot be recycled? The problem is that every community has different rules on what can and cannot be recycled. I always wondered if what I put into the recycling bin was actually just taken to the dump. Here is a list of items you may not have thought of recycling. Do you recycle?

19 Ways To Recycle Plastic Grocery Bags

roger2435 — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:51:38 +0000

So you want to be a good steward of our beautiful earth. Recycling is a great way to do your part, but in our hectic lives we often forget many of the simple things we can do. I found this great list of ways to recycle plastic bags that uses the bag in many useful ways and helps our environment.

Be Green When You Clean

roger2435 — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:03:33 +0000

I have been reading Chester’s Clean House this last week as they have been posting about the dangers of cleaning products. I had no idea how many children are poisoned each year by ordinary household chemicals. I remember reading that anti-freeze was a huge killer of kids becuase they liked the bright green color and it tasted like kool-aid. I know that they passed a law so that they had to add something to it to make it taste bad.

Another topic over there has been the environmental impact of cleaners and the health risks involved in the use of cleaning products. I just read that women that stay home are more likely to get cancer becuase the air quality in the average home is so bad. Those glad plugins put out so much junk and we just keep breathing it.

You can read a sumarry of what they found. It really made me think about how I should be cleaning my house, not only for the environment but for my health.