Fresh look - best green laundry detergent
September 4, 2007
Posted by CindyW in : Fresh Look , trackback
Domestic goddess I can never claim to be. My house is in a constant disarray, sad-looking plants lie around my backyard, and I cannot cook to save my life or my children’s. But, after a few years doing loads and loads of laundry with mud, food crust, and many forms of unidentifiable stains, I can say that I KNOW my laundry.
I began using green laundry soaps after learning the real ingredients in the conventional detergent, and what they do to our bodies and our environment. But not all green laundry soaps work equally well. Here are my take after trying a few over the years:
My Favorite! A true work horse, can be found at Trader Joe’s at a consistently reasonable price. Clothes come out clean, soft and fluffy (without fabric softener)
Close Second. Good product. Easily found in many healthfood stores. A little more expensive due to the brand equity. The free & clear version leaves nothing behind but cleanness.
Good alternative. Tend to be a bit pricey. Harder to find than other brands. Very concentrated, I only need to use a small scoop, so a bottle lasts a long while. Less plastic material to dispose.
Hmmm, only when nothing else is available. Fair price ounce for ounce. But had to use more detergent to get the clothes clean. So overall price advantage disappears. Clothes come out not as soft.
Clearly there are true domestic goddesses out there that disagree with me. Here is what others have said.
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Earlier this week I read a post from another green blog on how to make your own laundry detergent, it seems like quite the process. I still like to believe that I can go to a local market and purchase something that isn’t too terrible for the environment, I checked out the ESOS brand and they are decent in price. I’m just finishing off a detergent that I thought was given the green OK but NO, not so.
I’m anxious to give ECOS a green go
Although I prefer to buy things at local stores, I found ECOS for 40% less at the nearby Costco - that was just too good to pass up.
I am confused why brighteners are so dangerous:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_brightener
Just kidding, I was amased that the source of your information was so easily edited ! It seemed as if you had retrieved and copied content from wikipedia. Please don’t rely on them for content. Regards,
Fred, thanks for pointing out that wikipedia provides similar information about why optical brighteners are bad for the environment. I can assure you that wikipedia is NOT my source of my information. In fact, you can see the source of my information at the bottom of the article as footnotes. The sources are: nlm.nih.gov, epa.gov, usawaterquality.org and toxics.usgs.gov.