Baking soda is a pretty versatile product and a mainstay of any green person’ s utility chest. This product can be used for cleaning to laundry to maintaining your swimming pool to preparing your grill. Baking soda can easily replace far harsher chemicals that may exact a toll on the environment and perhaps your health. Arm and Hammer has a nice list of solutions to everyday household problems that baking soda can help solve.

My favorite uses of baking soda include:

• Cleaning toys
• Eliminating carpet odors when you vacuum
• Deodorizing a stinky garbage can
• Eliminating residue and dirt off fruits and vegetables
• Controlling the pH in your swimming pool at a far lower cost
• Creating an erupting volcano
• Boosting your clothes washer’s cleaning power

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Here are some tips for making eco friendly and really cheap natural cleaning products.

1) Baking soda cleans but also gets rid of odors.  (That is why we use it in the frig) Sprinkle on the carpet and vacuum it up. Mix it with Sea salt and it is a good scouring cleanser.

2) Vinegar removes grease and dirt. White vinegar gets rid of carpet odors.  Vinegar, baking soda, and water can make a good all purpose cleaner.

3) Citrus juice and peels like that of lemon are good for freshening up rooms.

4) Borax (20 Mule team) cleans, removes stains and disinfects. A good bleach alternative.

Treehugger has an article on cleaners