Anonymous wrote:If you're near Takoma Park, a zero waste shop opened downtown. I keep meaning to go. It's called the Fulfillery, I think.

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I love Dr Bronner’s but I prefer sal suds or Mrs Meyers concentrate for general cleaning. Same concept though.

It’s not as good as powder environmentally I’m sure, but you can at least order refills of liquid tide in pouches. I just refill my big bottle with those.

Love this thread. It's hard to find online but Arm & Hammer makes a pretty good powdered detergent that comes in a big box.

For the vinegar spray, you can put drops of lavender (or whatever smell/essential oil you dig).

I used borax for a cleaning the bathroom and vinegar/water for almost everything else, which I buy in a big plastic jug, but I think you can still get vinegar in small glass bottles.

Just get dr bronners Castille soap and vinegar. Fill a water bottle, you can get non-plastic if you wish. Fill a tbs of dr b with water and shake. Cleans everything and one bottle should last more than a year. Fill another with 1:10 vinegar/water fir windows and mirrors and walls and wood floors. I also use dish soap and water to clean counters and walls. I’ve used soap nuts and laundry sheets. Lately have been using the seventh generation that is condensed.

I recently switched to Dropps for dish detergent and laundry and love them.

And Who Gives a Crap for toilet paper and paper towels.

No plastic. No difference with other brands. Never going back

If you're near Takoma Park, a zero waste shop opened downtown. I keep meaning to go. It's called the Fulfillery, I think.

https://www.blueland.com/

I really like these cleaners (multi-surface, glass), but haven't tried the other products yet.

Dropps, Blueland, Grove

This blog post is helpful too:

https://www.goingzerowaste.com/blog/natural-eco-friendly-cleaning-products/

I think the advantage of sheets over powdered if you order online is the weight (and therefore emissions caused by transport). I'm currently using up our Country Save powdered detergent, which I've been ordering for years from Amazon, but I'm going to switch to sheets when it's gone.

I buy refills for hand soap -- Puracy, both foaming and gel -- it still comes in a plastic bag but a lot less than buying new bottles of soap. Bar soap is great but I don't like it for handwashing.

I like Dr. Bronner's soap for the shower, and it comes wrapped in paper rather than plastic.

For dishwasher detergent, I'm using up the pods from Seventh Generation that come in a plastic bag, then I'm going to try Ecover pods that come in a cardboard box.

I know people use bar soap and brushes for dishwashing liquid, but I know my spouse won't even go there, so I've switched us to wooden dish brushes at least and I'm trying out giant refill bottles of Seventh Generation dishwashing liquid. I hope that at least cuts down on the plastic a lot. I've also seen little wax pods of dishwashing liquid concentrate that you add water to, but it seems super-expensive for what you get.

I tried the CleanCult brand that comes in cardboard containers like quarts of milk, but I have to say I didn't love it and haven't ordered again.

If you really want to get serious about eliminating plastic for housecleaning products, there's lots about using vinegar and baking soda online -- but that's a whole thing in itself.

You don't need sheets of detergent. That is a gimmick. Powdered detergent is just as good.
Bar body soap in boxes, not liquid body wash in a plastic bottle.
Ajax rather than soft scrub.

Powdered Tide comes in a paper box. Old skool but a good option.

Online I keep seeing ads for 'sheets' of laundry detergent and other necessary items. Soap nuts or whatever they're called also come to mind. Can anyone recommend some brands/products they're happy with?

I'd love to start using products that don't come in huge containers of thick plastic. Thank you!