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Non-Toxic Alternatives to
Household Cleaners
Outdoor Pesticides
- Use natural predators such as ladybugs, ground beetles, lacewings, praying mantis & spiders.
Set traps to collect insects such as wet newspapers, stones, flat boards, lettuce, spinach leaves & grapefruit rinds.
Use companion planting.
Drain Cleaner
- Prevent clogged drain by pouring boiling water down drain periodically.
- Plunger followed by handful of baking soda with 1/2 cup vinegar; cover drain & let sit for 15 minutes followed by 2 quarts boiling water.
- Use mechanical snake.
Disinfectants
- Use 1 teaspoon bleach mixed with 1 gallon water.
- Use ammonia.
Oven Cleaner
- Sprinkle salt or baking soda on fresh spills when they're warm and scrape them off when oven cools.
- Line bottom of oven with foil (check oven warranty about foil use).
Air Freshener
- Ventilation is the best air freshener.
- Open box of baking soda.
Tile Cleaner
Indoor Insect Spray
- Screen in windows & doors.
- Promptly put discarded food into covered containers.
- Keep kitty litter box clean & isolated.
- Use flypaper or flyswatter.
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