Home Cleaning Chemicals: Is Green Better?

Green Chemistry

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Green chemistry, also known as Sustainable Chemistry, is the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances. Green chemistry applies across the life cycle of a chemical product, including its design, manufacture, and use. Read more about the concept of green chemistry.

Twelve Principles of Green Chemistry

1. Prevention - It is better to prevent waste than to treat or clean up waste after it has been created.

2. Atom Economy - Synthetic methods should be designed to maximize the incorporation of all materials used in the process into the final product.


3.Less Hazardous Chemical Syntheses - Wherever practicable, synthetic methods should be designed to use and generate substances that possess little or no toxicity to human health and the environment.


4.Designing Safer Chemicals - Chemical products should be designed to effect their desired function while minimizing their toxicity.


5.Safer Solvents and Auxiliaries - The use of auxiliary substances (e.g., solvents, separation agents, etc.) should be made unnecessary wherever possible and innocuous when used.


6.Design for Energy Efficiency - Energy requirements of chemical processes should be recognized for their environmental and economic impacts and should be minimized. If possible, synthetic methods should be conducted at ambient temperature and pressure.


7.Use of Renewable Feedstocks - A raw material or feedstock should be renewable rather than depleting whenever technically and economically practicable.


8.Reduce Derivatives - Unnecessary derivatization (use of blocking groups, protection/ deprotection, temporary modification of physical/chemical processes) should be minimized or avoided if possible, because such steps require additional reagents and can generate waste.


9.Catalysis - Catalytic reagents (as selective as possible) are superior to stoichiometric reagents.


10.Design for Degradation - Chemical products should be designed so that at the end of their function they break down into innocuous degradation products and do not persist in the environment.


11.Real-time analysis for Pollution Prevention - Analytical methodologies need to be further developed to allow for real-time, in-process monitoring and control prior to the formation of hazardous substances.


12.Inherently Safer Chemistry for Accident Prevention - Substances and the form of a substance used in a chemical process should be chosen to minimize the potential for chemical accidents, including releases, explosions and fires.
 

According to the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, they share a share a common principle with Green chemistry - preventing the generation of waste.

Green chemistry is the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances. Green chemistry applies across the life cycle, including the design, manufacture, and use of a chemical product. Green chemistry is a highly effective approach to pollution prevention because it applies innovative scientific solutions to real-world environmental situations.


Products for household use

There are many companies that sell products besides Simple Green.

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   This one is called MyCleaningProducts.  View their amazing formulas which are compounded of exotic ingredients we have found and instilled from remote locations around the globe. They manufacturer and develop many unique cleaning products such as rust removers, mold cleaner, mold treatment products, tile and grout cleaners and many more.

The harsh chemicals in non-green products can be devastating for individuals who are allergic and have keen and delicate senses. MyCleaningProducts see this alot with mold problems and their chemistry department has attacked this issue full force with developing the organic mold cleaning line of products.

Seventh Generation is another company that makes green cleaning products.


Eco Concepts is yet another company with environmental friendly cleaning supplies.


All-Green Janitorial Products specialize in nothing but green cleaning janitorial products & supplies!

Clean solutions is based out of Sonoma California and have their own products and services.


At the Grist blog, they will show you a test of 8 green cleaning products. Grist also blogs about how to clean your house without hurting the planet.

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