A new METHOD for keepin' it clean
I just cleaned my kitchen and bathroom, something all people does and no longer something I'd ever given much idea. I do now though. I do not assume I ever idea about what occurs to the E-Z Off, the Ty-D Bowl, the Comet and the relaxation of them after I flush them down the drain. But the truth is, those merchandise and most cleansing and household merchandise deliver some pretty dire warning labels on them and that they contain a few quite risky stuff. You cannot throw away E-Z Off without sending it to an approved Hazardous Materials Disposal website online for instance. A manufacturer could not use it or hold it around without a allow from the EPA. But I, as an everyday citizen; should buy it, use it and cast off it down the drain with impunity.
However, just because I flushed it down the drain with impunity would not imply that I'm off the hook by a long shot. The poisonous ingredients in my family cleaners do not get rendered non-poisonous through the act of my using them or my flushing them. They continue to be toxic as they cross down the drain, as they enter the sewer gadget and as they make it thru the sewage remedy plant after which into the Bay.
Once in the Bay, the ones that don't degrade turn out to be inside the meals chain. They work their way up the food chain and then back onto my plate once I order a grouper sandwich or a bucket of blue crabs in a eating place.
So all people else and me gets a double serving. I ingest and inhale these things whilst I'm the use of it and while it's excellent and focused. Then multiple weeks or months later I get to ingest it again in its diluted shape. This is madness.
It's the peak of naivete and anthrocentrism to think that I can shop the earth through keeping off E Z Off. The earth may be right here long when I and we're long gone. However, to try to keep some semblance of human habitability is a noble and doable purpose.
Enter my friends at Method .
Method cleaning products are non-toxic, price competitive and attractively packaged. They are cleverly named, pleasantly scented, responsibly produced. Most important of all, they work.They just added a toilet cleaner and a scrubbing liquid to their product mix and I used them for the first time today. They work and they smell fantastic. Method products are available at Target and on line and are well worth exploring. I found them originally about four years ago and I fell in love with their packaging and product design. I didn't really get the whole sustainability thing when it comes to household cleaners until a couple of months ago.The answers to the environmental and human needs challenges that confront us as a species don't lie in trying to turn back the clock and ushering in a non-technological era. The answers come from our collective intellects. It's human innovation and ingenuity, it's technology, that will enable our species to continue to thrive on an increasingly stressed planet. The kids at Method are a living , breathing example of that.
