Spring Clean Your Home the Eco Way

Spring is the perfect time to de-clutter your home, ditch the junk and think about new ways in which you can live a more eco friendly life. While you're at it, why not give your finances an overhaul too? With household bills on the rise, there's never been a better time to think about the small savings you could be making by using energy saving and eco friendly products, which will go a long way to helping your wallet and the environment.

We've come up with a selection of environmentally friendly products that will make all the difference to the way you live your life. In fact, you'll wonder how you ever lived without them.

Clean house, clean conscience
Now there's no reason why the whole family can't roll up their sleeves and get involved with the household chores. Our award-winning range of 100% natural, plant based Earth Friendly cleaning products use essential oils and plant extracts, are highly concentrated (so a little goes a long way), and contain no ammonia, phosphates, petrochemicals, caustic soda, chlorine or formaldehyde. They are also vegan and GM free.

Click and save
Did you know that leaving your computer monitor switched on overnight can potentially use the same energy as a laser printer producing 800 A4 copies? Well, the good news is that energy saving devices like the ingenious Ecobutton™ are here to help. This great USB device enables you to power down your computer every time you take a break, at the touch of a button – saving you electricity and helping reduce your carbon footprint. Then there's the money saving benefits: a home user running a single computer can save around £50 a year on electricity bills by regularly powering down their PC when it's not in use.

Time to ditch the washing powder
If everyone switched to EcoBalls, 700,000 fewer tonnes of detergent would go into Britain's waterways every year. If you want a clean, fresh, and sensitive alternative to conventional washing powders, EcoBalls are the way forward. They are reusable for up to 1,000 washes (including refills), which is about the same as 50 boxes of washing powder. On average, they cost around 3p per wash (compared to 25-30p for normal washing powder), saving you more money in the long run. Each EcoBall contains mineral salts that produce ionized oxygen, penetrating deep into clothing, getting rid of dirt and grime.

Bag one of these
British shoppers get through 17 billion carrier bags and an estimated 100,000 tonnes of bags (the equivalent weight of 70,000 cars) are thrown away in the UK every year. There's never been a better time to ditch the plastic bags and carry an Eco Shopping Bag instead. Super stylish and good for the planet.

Let it shine
Energy Saving light bulbs have always been a bright idea for your pocket and the environment. Our range of energy efficient light bulbs typically save 80% of the electricity, and £40 each or more over their life (including the cost of the bulb). In other words, they can help you save money and energy, all in one wise purchase. And by saving energy, you'll be helping fight climate change too.