Duck Fresh Brush with Holder, Toilet Bowl Cleaner Starter Kit, 1 Handle + 4 Refills

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In any case, if a guest wears shoes indoors, Crombie recommends washing the floor as soon as they have left – but, she laughs: “I’m not normal! This is because no animals have been used for testing ‘finished’ household products in the UK since 2010. Many other companies included in this guide also offered bulk sizes (2 litres to 20 litres) to consumers so they can 'refill at home': ATTITUDE, Bio-D, ecoleaf, Eco-max, Ecover, Greenscents, and Sonett. Her husband “is the other way round … He’ll do a full day’s work, travel on the tube, then undress and get into my bed.Swish something around at least once a day,” says Munton, who is out of breath from lugging a vacuum down a staircase. Companies will score a best rating if they have a policy not to test on animals, have a fixed cut-off date (a date after which none of their products or ingredients will have been tested on animals), and are not selling to markets, such as China, where animal testing of products is required by law. Bloomfield thinks a toilet should be cleaned two or three times a week, to stop the spread of germs, while Crombie performs “a five-minute challenge” on her toilets every day: “Wipe the sink over, wipe the toilet seat and pan, a bit of bleach, quick wipe of the bath, open the window. A poll of 3,000 people by Hubbub, an environmental charity, found that people washed their towels every 11 days.

She has a First-Class Honours Psychology degree where she developed a strong interest in child development. All it takes to remove stains is a little brushing and a little flushing with my Duck ® Fresh Brush Flushables.The toilet brush's flexible head means you can get a thorough clean in all areas of your toilet bowl.

It is working with the University of Northumbria on a way to enable professional laundries to wash at low temperatures without chlorine bleach or aggressive chemistry and to reduce microfibre shedding. You can also look for bulk containers made from recycled plastics such as Bio-D’s 5 litre bottles or other innovative solutions such as Greenscents’ biopolymer bottles made from sugar cane waste. She recommends a weekly bed change (pyjamas every few days), but for children’s beds – or if there’s not much “traffic” in your bed – a fortnightly switchover is acceptable. NB: please check the safety and toxicity information that comes with these chemicals because they can be skin and respiratory irritants. SESI, Fill Refill and Miniml have wide networks of refill stations, and Fill Refill and Miniml sell directly to consumers too.

Most toilet cleaners contain the same basic ingredients, although some use more bleach, while others are palm oil free, vegan-friendly or organic. During her teenage years she worked as a play worker and Brownie volunteer to support children's play. It's made of stainless steel so is incredibly durable and the curved handle helps you clean all around the bowl without having to get your hand too close to the toilet. Type – There are 2 main types of toilet brush, one is has a head with normal bristles and these are good at scrubbing the toilet bowl for hard-to-remove dirt.

But with the right sort of products and a bit of elbow grease, you wouldn’t need to use a lot of water.

The industry says that chlorine bleach traces are present at such low concentrations in waste waters, that there is no real possibility of the formation of trace toxic by-products. The brush head, instead of being bristles, is a silicone scrubby pad with widely spaced and different height bristles to help get grime and dirt off your toilet and dry quickly when you've finished using it.