More and more consumers are becoming aware of the toxins in conventional cleaning products that can affect human and environmental health.  If you’re conscious of what you use in your home, around your children and pets, what you breathe in and put on your body this is for you.  A wonderful way to ensure you know exactly what is in your cleaning products….make them yourself! This Eco-Me Home Kit  supplies all the containers & instructions you need to clean the house.  You supply the ingredients like baking soda, vinegar and olive oil.   The plastic bottles are #1 PET….recyclable, but you’ll use this over and over avoiding the need to keep throwing out empty cleaning bottles. 

A word on PET plastic:

Most convenience-size bottles sold in the United States are made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET). PET has become the material
of choice for bottled beverages because it is lightweight and shatter resistant, and PET has been extensively tested for safety. Bottles
made with PET are widely used for everything from water and fruit juice to soft drinks and even beer.  Like all materials intended for food contact, PET is subject to FDA review and regulations and is approved for safety.

A word on recycling:

PET bottle recycling is more practical than many other plastic applications. The primary reason is that plastic carbonated soft drink bottles and water bottles are almost exclusively PET which makes them more easily identifiable in a recycle stream.  One of the uses for a recycled PET bottle is for the manufacture of polar fleece material. It can also make fiber for polyester products.

Posted on August 18th, 2008 by Stancie Wilson