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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

What is Green Cleaning?

From Wikipedia:

Green cleaning refers to using cleaning methods and products with environmentally-friendly ingredients to preserve human health and environmental quality.


Green cleaning techniques and products avoid the use of chemically-reactive and toxic cleaning products which contain various toxic chemicals, some of which emit volatile organic compounds causing respiratory and dermatological problems among other adverse effects. 

Green cleaning can also describe the way residential and industrial cleaning products are manufactured, packaged and distributed. If the manufacturing process is environmentally-friendly and the products are biodegradable, then the term "green" or "eco-friendly" may apply. 

Green cleaning is behavioral as well as simply using healthy and environmentally-friendly products.  Consumers are being made aware of the ways in which green cleaning is most-effectively used.

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