No more cleaning products stuffed with chemical cleaning agents!Baking soda, lemon juice or white vinegar, our new cleaning army will be 100% natural or will not be!The pros in the field give us their little secrets for a natural household...
Lydie Prot, training manager of house employees at Shiva, home household company
"Always dust from top to bottom"
Advance piece by piece: To be progressing is very motivating.If you have a floor, start with this.Above all, take a few seconds to watch the space and check that you have all the products you need;It avoids wasting time afterwards.Open the windows wide, because it is polluted, even with ecological detergents.Store first, dust then, then recure before moving to the floors.Always clean up from top to bottom (the dust falls), and from the cleanest to the dirtiest (to avoid clogging your sponges too quickly).In the kitchen, we always end with the sink.Do not forget the top of the doors, plinths and exposed pipes, the gates of the ventilation mouths, the handles and the switches.No need to multiply detergents;white vinegar and black soap do everything or almost everything.
Claire Grolleau Escriva, founder of Ecolo Crèche, the first sustainable development label dedicated to early childhood
"Disinfecting at all costs is harmful to health"
In a classic crèche, we clean and disinfect a lot, using extremely aggressive chemical detergents.This has an impact on the environment but also on the health of children.In the 200 establishments engaged in our approach, we completely review hygiene practices.We use the most neutral detergents as possible: the longer the ingredient list, the more harmful!We favor cleaners with a washing base of vegetable origin, without synthetic scent, Marseille soap and black soap.And we only disinfect where it is really necessary: toilets, exchange plans, doors handles, kitchen worktops.Some establishments have a steam cleaner, super effective and ecological.Last essential point, regular ventilation of premises.The results are there: we see completely disappear respiratory diseases in children.Parents do not come back!
Nicolas Chevalier, Chairman and CEO of Chevalier Conservation, cleaning, conservation and restoration company of carpets, tapestries and textiles
"My thing to detach carpets"
To deeply clean your carpets, tell them regularly to a professional: once a year for those in the entrance, very asked, every 3 to 5 years for those in the show, every 5 to 7 years forthose of the rooms.After treatment, they will be like new!Of course, you have to beat them and vacuum them every week, but that does not remove the dust accumulated inside.For the carpet, the best is to rent an injection/extraction cleaner.Dry cleaning powders and mosses found in the trade are not effective.My thing in case of stain?Sprinkle the land of Sommières all around, to prevent it from spreading.Pour a little lukewarm water and liquid laundry on the spot and rub with your fingers from the outside in the inside.Remove the spoon foam and add water until the soap is disappeared ... and the stain.
Nadine Witczak, director of the Admiral Hotel, in Nantes
"Microfibers and a little elbow oil"
Our hotel received the European Ecolabel in 2011.Since then, we only use detergents stamped by this little flower.As these cost an average of 10 % more than conventional cleaners, we use them sparingly, and we favor multi-use formulas.This is also part of a global waste reduction approach.The only rule for the rule is bleach, which is used to disinfect sanitary facilities.But we have drastically reduced its use: once every 15 days instead of daily use, that's enough!To wash the windows or dust off the offices, our cleaning ladies use wet microfibers, much more effective than traditional rags.In total, they spend a little more time in the rooms, because the products being less aggressive, you have to rub a little more.But the result is worth it.
Bénédicte Moret, illustrator and co -author of the book "Family - almost - zero waste" with Jérémie Pichon, Thierry Souccar Editions.
"My basic is white vinegar"
It was at the birth of my second child that I started to make my home laundry.It is much more economical and, contrary to what you think, it is easy, effective and it does not take much time.My recipe?Water, soda crystals, Marseille soap, black soap and lavender essential oil.Little by little, I played little chemist, and today I make all my cleaning products.My basic is white vinegar (quantity ??): Add 2/3 of water and 20 drops of essential oil of your choice, put in a spray and you get a formidable multi-use detergent!To flavor the vinegar, you can macerate in the first citrus zest and mint leaves.My other darlings, in bulk: LOOFAH, a sponge in squash fibers to do the dishes;The ash, to clean the window of the chimney and the citric acid, miraculous to describe the toilets.
Their blog: www.familyzerodechet.com
Photo credit: she photography
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