Roundup: Best Green Cleaning Tools

As much as we talk about green cleaning products here, we also recognize that it's important to have the right tools. Sometimes, when you're not using caustic cleaners, the grime doesn't just melt away on its own. You've got to scrub. Jump below for some of our favorite tools. Please add your own!

1.Old toothbrushes (the only thing that can get to the grime behind the bathroom faucet)
2. Elbow grease
3. Trader Joe's Pop-Up Sponges
4. A good stiff brush (we like this one from Mr. Clean). It's green because it has lasted forever!
5. A good, long lasting vacuum cleaner. Like this one, maybe?

What are your favorite tools for cleaning?

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Comments (3)

Hey you forgot microfiber cloths :)

posted by absOsteele on June 4th 2009 at 8:29pm
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Instead of an old toothbrush, I bought a cheap denture brush at the dollar store and as it has one side that looks like a regular toothbrush and the other that has a small, pointy brush, it gets at the faucet grime even better, and also gets into tiny crevices and grout lines nicely.

When my nice kitchen and hand towels become stained or too tattered to look decent on the rack, I use them for scrub cloths. I cut them in half and a half of one works great with my Swiffer Wet Jet mop, saving me from having to purchase the cleaning pads.

Good old fashioned cloth diapers are really good for damp dusting and waxing furniture, and also good for cleaning windows without lint.

posted by Maureen on June 4th 2009 at 9:56pm
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Old cotton socks work great on surfaces, and I like using junk mail and old newspapers for cleaning glass and mirrors, works like a charm!
Also, just found these guys who actually re-bottle cleaning products in used soda bottles-
http://www.thechicecologist.com/2009/06/new-soap-old-bottle-trash-reuse/

posted by The Chic Ecologist on June 5th 2009 at 1:43pm
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