As I have recently learned in Mareike Hadeler’s talk at the Designtransfer, shower gels contain 70 % of water – water that is transported in big dispensers, which travel lots of kilometers, which again causes a lot of unnecessary waste. The same goes for cleaning sprays. Those plastic canisters are mostly very big, take a lot of space in your kitchen or bathroom storage, are hard to recycle and consist mainly of water. So I wonder, why not make it yourself? While Mareike Hadeler designed SEP, a dispenser that you can refill with water yourself, where you only have to replace the actual soap, I came across a website where you can find recipes of how to make your own cleaning supplies. You can use old canisters, take off the label and make your own cleaning agent that works just fine. It is way less toxic than conventional cleaning sprays and much cheaper than eco-friendly ones.
I’m going to try that out myself. Maybe you also want to give it a go?
http://www.instructables.com/id/All-purpose-spray-cleaner/
As I have recently learned in Mareike Hadeler’s talk at the Designtransfer, shower gels contain 70 % of water – water that is transported in big dispensers, which travel lots of kilometers, which again causes a lot of unnecessary waste. The same goes for cleaning sprays. Those plastic canisters are mostly very big, take a lot of space in your kitchen or bathroom storage, are hard to recycle and consist mainly of water. So I wonder, why not make it yourself? While Mareike Hadeler designed SEP, a dispenser that you can refill with water yourself, where you only have to replace the actual soap, I came across a website where you can find recipes of how to make your own cleaning supplies. You can use old canisters, take off the label and make your own cleaning agent that works just fine. It is way less toxic than conventional cleaning sprays and much cheaper than eco-friendly ones.
I’m going to try that out myself. Maybe you also want to give it a go?