Product Description

485 ways to clean, polish, disinfect, deodorize, launder, remove stains, even wash your car, without harming yourself or the environment. Recipes based on harmless, nonpolluting, renewable ingredients. 160 pages, recycled paper/vegetable ink, paperback.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #200763 in Books
• Published on: 1994-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 162 pages

Review
Better than Heloise's Hints for A Healthy Planet.... -- Library Journal, July, 1990

For those concerned about the environment, and the growing population with chemical sensitivities, Annie Berthold-Bond has the solution - actually 500 of them - in her book Clean & Green. Using her thoroughly researched and personally tested formulas for easy-to-make, nontoxic and nonpolluting household cleaning aids, it is possible to eliminate the health hazards of standard commercial products. -- Ontario's Common Ground Magazine, Spring 1993

In a remarkably easy-to-use format, Berthold-Bond tells how to clean effectively using simple, natural ingredients such a baking soda, Borax, lemon juice, vegetable oil and vinegar. She makes a convincing argument that cleaning with natural products can be handier, cheaper and just as effective as the alternative. -- Home, March 1991

It is a gold mine of ideas for cleaning everything imaginable. -- Natural Health, March/April 1994

The result of her years of experimentation is not only an encyclopedia for environmental cleanliness, but also a laundry list of solutions of solutions for everyday puzzlers. -- Garbage Magazine, March/April 1991

From the Publisher
This remarkable book has sold almost 100,000 copies - for one reason - the formulas work!

From the Back Cover
Now You Can Clean, Polish and Disinfect Naturally.

Clean & Green is filled with new and traditional ideas for living free of hazardous household products.

Create a "fantastic" cleaner and a "soft scrubber" * Clean produce effectively * Eliminate mold without toxic disinfectants * Discover the cleaning power of lemon, rhubarb and other plants * Use little-known cleaning agents like pumice and zeolite * Make your own car wax, rust inhibitor and engine degreaser * Rediscover gentle disinfectants like pine oil and borax * Create a healthier environment with air-filtering houseplants * Preserve cleaning formulas naturally * Wash floors with a flea-fighting soap * Personalize homemade cleaners with your favorite natural fragrance * Choose the best commercial products available from the natural food store, supermarket, and by mail

"I never thought a book (or anything else) could make me enthusiast about house-cleaning, but this book has!" - Donella Meadows, Adjunct professor of environmental studies, Dartmouth College

"The ultimate in childproofing. Every home needs this veritable encyclopedia of nontoxic, environment-friendly cleaning products." - Wendy Gordon Rockefeller, Co-chair, Mothers and Others for a Livable Planet

Customer Reviews

Good information, but way too much for a beginner
This book is good. BUT...there are way too many recipes with no explanations for the beginning green cleaner.

I was a little lost in the vast forest of different ways to clean everything. Also, there are no detailed instructions on just how to mix together the ingredients. As Karen Noonan Logan points out in "Clean House, Clean Planet," there are times (especially when mixing baking soda and vinegar) when you must put the ingredients in a specific order for the cleanser to work.

Don't get me wrong, this *is* a very good book! Chemically sensitive people and those who already make their own cleansers will find it a valuable source. But, for the beginner, it would probably be better to get "Clean House, Clean Planet" first because it has detailed instructions, some chemistry lessons and effectiveness ratings.

After you become more familiar with how green cleaning works, this book would be an excellent addition for more recipes and ideas.

Fair Book, a bit unfriendly
Clean and Green by Annie Berthold-Bond

My third choice of the three I purchased. The author uses borax, zeolite, kitty litter, alum, and washing soda not chemicals of choice to use in standard household cleaners. The only one of these are used in the others is washing soda in laundry soap. It is not an easy read not due to content but font choice and the way the recipes are presented. A Little short on instruction and technique. There are tons of them however 485 aprox recipes or suggestions, she numbers them. All this on only 161 pages!! It is a good book to have but the other two would be a better choice to get started. I rated Clean Home Clean Planet first choice and Naturally Clean Home second above this one.

No excuses!!
I bought this book a couple months ago and loved it. I showed it to two friends and they want one too! I love making and using my own household cleaners and feel really good about using them. Non-toxic, Earth-friendly cleaners are so easy and inexpensive to make, there's no excuse for anyone to use all those nasty chemicals!