Sustainability is more important than ever, and making eco-friendly choices in our day-to-day lives is one way we can do good for the planet. Traditional home cleaning products often contain harsh chemicals that can be harmful to our health and the environment, so this roundup features a curated selection of eco-friendly home cleaning products that effectively tackle dirt and grime while prioritizing safety and sustainability. From biodegradable detergents to reusable cleaning tools, these innovative solutions will help you maintain a clean home while protecting the Earth for future generations.
Charlie’s Soap Environmentally Safe Natural Indoor & Outdoor Surface Cleaner ($15.99, Walmart)
This home cleaning brand offers effective cleaning products that are safer for the environment, for people, and for pets.
This cleaning spray can be used indoors, but it’s also powerful enough for cleaning your outdoor furniture after a long, grimy winter. I also like their Laundry Powder and Laundry Pre-Spray, both of which have earned the U.S. EPA Safer Choice label.
Safely Dish Soap ($7.40, Walmart)
Co-founded by Kris Jenner and Emma Grede, this Green Seal Certified B Corp offers home care and cleaning products that utilize safe and eco-friendly ingredients and formulas free of stabilizers, sulfates, parabens, phthalates, dyes, and animal by-products. This ethos also extends to their packaging: Its bottles are 30 percent post‑consumer recycled (PCR) material, and the brand aims to be 100 percent PCR by 2025 and sourced from ocean plastics by 2030.
This dish soap smells terrific with its blend of pink grapefruit, cassis, violet, and amber. With it, washing dishes is less of a chore, and the formula is very good at cutting grease. The brand has several stylishly packaged home products, including universal cleaner, hand soap, laundry detergent, and fabric spray, available in several lovely scents.
AspenClean Eco-friendly Dishwasher Pods ($19.99, Aspenclean.com)
These Dishwasher Pods may be eco-friendly, but they are also very effective, leaving your dishes incredibly clean when you run your dishwasher.
The pods contain no synthetic fragrances, chlorine, or phosphates, and are packaged in a 100 percent recycled paper package with no plastic. The brand also makes a nice Natural Kitchen Cleaner ($9.99, Aspenclean.com), an EWG eco-friendly cleaning spray for kitchen appliances, countertops, tables, and stovetops.
Earth Brite ($19.99, regularly $36.99, HSN.com)
This natural, clay-based, multi-purpose cleaner is chemical-free and biodegradable, and it comes with its own scrubber right in the package.
The kit, available on HSN.com, includes three long-lasting tubs in your choice of fragrances, like lavender, cedarwood, and original, as well as a microfiber towel. Earth Brite is food-safe and safe for children and pets, and can be used to clean everything from silver table settings and jewelry, as well as glass-top stoves, stainless steel, inside ovens, and outdoor furniture.
Floofah Gift Pack ($39, Floofah.com)
You’ve possibly scrubbed your body with a loofa, but did you know you can use loofas for other scrubbing needs? I was unaware of this until I tried Floofah, the all-natural and sustainable sponges made from the luffa plant. It turns out, you can use them to scrub everything from shower tiles to dishes!
The Floofah Gift Pack contains five kitchen and five bath scrubbers, plus two adhesive hooks for hanging. Unlike thicker loofas, they dry quickly so they are more sanitary. Floofahs have zero waste from product to packaging. They’re even compostable! Bury them in the soil when you’re done.
Bloop Laundry Soap ($25 for 32 washes, heybloop.com)
Laundry doesn’t have to be boring! This small batch, eco-friendly, proprietary laundry soap formula cleans really well and comes in an array of heavenly scents. I tested the Super Bloom, and my daughter and I – both smell freaks – are obsessed.
The laundry soap is concentrated, so you only need one ounce per load. This California-based brand is co-founded by Trevor Young and Luke Wilson, who created a natural product that excluded hormone disruptors not only because of their environmental impact but also for health reasons. For packaging, instead of plastic jugs, Bloop is packaged in cardboard cartons that are easily recyclable in most areas.
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