Easy Green Living Tips

Carpet is not the most eco-friendly floor covering option, but if you are renting or own a home that came with carpet, you can still take steps to make your carpet care as green and environmentally friendly as possible.

For example, if you live with carpet you are probably all too familiar with the fact that carpet can trap dirt and odors deep within the fibers that no amount of vacuuming seems to remove. This can really be an issue if there are animals or smokers in the house.

There are plenty of commercial carpet deodorizers available that you sprinkle onto your carpet, allow them to absorb and/or mask the odors, then vacuum up. However, these carpet deodorizers tend to be full of chemicals and artificial fragrances that can be irritating to your skin, lungs and eyes and that introduce toxins to your home.

You can deodorize your carpet the eco-friendly, all natural way with plain old baking soda, which also happens to be one of the main ingredients in most commercial carpet deodorizers, so why pay more for added chemicals and fancy packaging? Simply sprinkle all natural baking soda on your carpet and allow it to absorb carpet odors the eco-friendly and inexpensive way.

For easy application, put your baking soda in a jar with a shaker lid – like an old fashioned sugar jar – and sprinkle it on your carpet. Leave it on your carpet for at least 20 minutes, the vacuum.

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