Peruse any drugstore and you’ll find antibacterial versions of everything from cleaners to tissues. After years of antibacterial overload, experts agree that my grandmother had it right after all.

Regardless of how much you dread this job, most make-it-easy toilet bowl cleaners are simply too toxic for regular household use. Channel your inner science fair champion and fizz it clean.

Drain cleaning products are some of the most toxic household cleaning products available. But does that mean you have to live with a clogged sink? No way. The answer may already be in your kitchen cupboard

"Going green" in reference to your shower used to mean mold — but not anymore. Put away the toxic spray-and-leave cleaners and detox your shower naturally.

Spring puddles are great fun outdoors, but not when they're brought inside . Forget disposable floor wipes and chemical-laden floor cleaners — sometimes defense is your best strategy.

Mothballs pollute your clothes and the air, plus they smell terrible! When it’s time to store your woolens for the season, breathe easy with these nontoxic moth-fighting techniques.

Dishwashers can pollute the waterways, while hand washing can waste gallons of water. So how the heck are we supposed to clean up in the kitchen without wrecking the environment?

Windows were meant to be seen through, but not at the expense of your health. Ditch the toxic blue spray and go green next time your glass needs some polish.

By Jolia Allen

 

There's more to recycling than melting down plastic soda bottles to make new plastic soda bottles. These days you can recycle everything from toothbrushes to your wedding dress, turn medicine bottles into life jackets and old running shoes into new playground surfacing-how's that for reincarnation? Discover how and where to recycle everything you never thought you could...

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