Eco-Friendly Laundry Detergent

Anyone and everyone has to at some point in time buy laundry detergent.

Ever took a good look at the ingredients on various laundry detergent bottles and or boxes? The answer to whether or not laundry detergent is safe for the environment is easily answered with a plain and simple, straight forward, “no”. There are too many chemicals, etc. in laundry detergents that aren’t environmentally friendly, which makes it hard on the water.

Luckily, there is way around it, by making your own eco-friendly laundry detergent?

The following recipes are recipes that you can easily make at home in order to make eco-friendly laundry detergents.

Eco-Friendly Powdered Laundry Detergent

Ingredients:

• 1 bar of soap (not antibacterial)
• 1/2 cup of borax
• 1/2 cup of baking soda
• Grater
• Resealable container

Directions:

1. Grate bar of soap into container.
2. Pour in borax and baking soda.
3. Mix well.
4. Use 1 tbsp. for small or lightly soiled loads and 2 tbsp. for large or heavily soiled loads.

Eco-Friendly Laundry Detergent

Ingredients:

• 5 ounces of pure soap - Pure glycerin soap is great.
• Water (Tap water is fine)
• Grater
• Large pot (3-4 quart size)
• Soda Ash (Sodium Carbonate) – a.k.a Washing Soda – can be found at grocery, photography, and pool supply stores.

Directions:

1. Grate the 5 ounces of soap into the pot and just cover with water.
2. Heat until soap is dissolved. Heat on low to medium heat, stirring continually.
3. After heating and dissolving, fill pot the rest of the way with more water. Stir in ONE cup full of soda ash/washing soda.
4. Stir mixture until soda ash is dissolved. I usually heat mine on low and stir to dissolve the soda ash completely. Let mixture cool.
5. Funnel into a large recycled container, such as a recycled juice bottle, a cola bottle, or anything else you can find. Use 1/4 cup per full load of laundry.