Eco-Friendly Kitchen Cleaning Products

Who Gives a Crap, famous for it's colorfully-wrapped toilet paper, also makes other great paper products like paper towels from 100 percent recycled paper, reducing deforestation and giving paper waste a second life. They're two-ply and have adjustable sheet sizes so you take only what you need and don't waste the rest. They're completely biodegradable.

Plant Paper paper towels are made from fsc-certified bamboo, made entirely without trees, zero chlorine or formaldehyde, or other toxic chemicals, and requiring only a fraction of the water needed to produce tree paper. They’re also 100 percent PFAS-free and BPA-free. With a 3-ply thickness, they’re up to 40% more absorbent than other leading paper towel brands.

These paper towels from Save Trees are made from FSC-certified bamboo. They are bleached with elemental chlorine-free (ECF) bleaching. This method is safer and less toxic than using chlorine because it does not create dioxins. (It uses chlorine dioxide which is not the same as chlorine.) The paper towels are toxin-free, pesticides-free and have no added fragrances. Plastic-free packaging.Description goes here

The Earthly Co. says a 10-pack of these cotton paper towel alternatives replaces 80 rolls of regular paper towels. These towels are biodegradable and compostable. They are versatile and attractive and can be used as paper towels, napkins, guest towels or anything else. They are non-toxic and free of chemicals. 

Marley's Monsters are reusable cotton flannel paper towel alternatives or “unpaper towels” as they call them. These eco-friendly wipes are made in Oregon. The business was started several years ago by a soon-to-be new mom to help reduce paper waste and create a sustainable alternative to common paper products. Marley’s Monsters says if every household replaced just one roll of paper towels with their unpaper towels, it would save about 544,000 trees each year.   

These highly-absorbent reuseable Swedish dishcloths are made of 70 percent plant cellulose and 30% cotton. There are a variety of themes from which to choose including these fruit motifs, flowers, wildlife, ferns and cats.  Each set includes six cloths and adhesive clips to hang them. 

This plant-based kitchen brush set has FSC-certified bamboo handles and sisal bristles made from Mexico's palmyra & sisal plants, great for scrubbing pots, pans, dishes, and more. The bristles are biodegradable and effectively clean without harming surfaces. Packaged in a paper box. No plastic. 

Copper is ideal for scouring pots and pans because it doesn't fray or fall apart like steel wool can. These natural copper scrubbers from Common Good and Co. are non-rust, non-toxic and naturally biodegradable. Shipped in paper.

Hemp is one of the best materials to buy to help the environment and keep your home natural and non-toxic. This versatile fiber has so many uses, one of which is household sponges. These fantastic hand-made sponges are biodegradable and compostable, last for five or six months, are 100 percent hemp and won't scratch dishes. Description goes here

This plastic-free handmade corn broom has a wood handle and bristles made of corn fiber. It has. 10-inch sweeping area and six rows of stitching for durability. It’s suitable for both inside and out.

It comes in a cardboard cylinder and its chemical ingredients are rated low risk for adverse health effects by the Environmental Working Group.

Earth-friendly Meliora Dish Soap is made with natural plant-based non-toxic ingredients and comes in plastic-free packaging. It's also free of preservatives, dyes, fragrance, phthalates and parabens. It's vegan and cruelty-free. The bar (it's more like a short cylinder than a bar) can be purchased with a small square cedarwood tray that helps drain off water after you've washed the dishes so it doesn't pool up on the counter.

This vegan zero-plastic dish soap block from Eco Roots is unscented and fragrance-free. It's actually multi-purpose as it can be used for a variety of cleaning jobs, including washing kitchen counters and getting stains out of carpets. It's biodegradable and free of sulfates, parabens, palm oil and plastic. Eco Root's plastic-free wooden scrubber brush works well with it. 

Another good gentle eco-friendly abrasive that comes in plastic-free packaging is Meliora Home Cleaning Scrub. It's baking soda with organic plant oils like coconut and tea tree oil, peppermint oil for natural scent, glycerin, and sodium cocoate, a non-toxic surfactant commonly found in soaps. It comes in a paper and steel canister with no plastic of any kind. Meliora is a woman-owned business. They  donate 2% of revenue to environmental causes and all their products are certified non-toxic, cruelty-free and vegan.

Ayeya dishwasher tablets are vegan, plastic-free and free of harmful chemicals like parabens, phosphates, VOCs, phthalates, SLS, ammonia and chlorine bleach. They are packaged in a cardboard cylinder made of sugarcane fibers, a by-product of sugarcane production in Columbia. Ayeya was founded in 2003 to support local economies and craftspeople in Africa and has since expanded to Latin America and the US. Ayeya also makes laundry detergent tablets.

If you Care dishwasher tablets are phosphate and chlorine-free. And cruelty-free as it's not tested on animals. The tabs' film wrapper is polyvinyl alcohol which is a biodegradable polymer. Ingredients are 30% mineral and plant-derived. They come in a biodegradable cardboard box. 

This non-toxic dish soap from Zero Waste Store is vegan, cruelty-free and made with a variety of plant oils like jojoba and coconut, essential oils and aloe vera. It's in a glass bottle with a metal cap. You can order a plastic pump top for it but I think its easier and more efficient to just pour some in a decorative glass bottle to keep by the kitchen sink and store the rest underneath the sink .