It comes as no surprise that so many of the cleaning products we use on a daily (alright fine, weekly) basis can be hazardous to the environment and our health. Aspen Clean is a Vancouver owned and operated business that manufactures their own 100% natural ECOCERT approved cleaning products Aspen carries everything from all purpose solution to bathroom cleaner and stain remover. Alicia Sokolowski and Chris Solodko, owners of Aspen Clean, have offered up their tips for getting your space spic and span minus the irritated eyes and harsh scents.

1. Instead of focusing on killing germs and bacteria, focus on getting rid of the carriers. Use microfiber cloths and mop-covers, instead of cloth or paper. Microfiber is far more effective in picking up dust, dirt, hairs and lint, and microbes.
2. Stop cleaning with your nose! That powerful bleach, lemon, or pine smell does not mean the space is clean. Fragrance fee cleaners are as or more powerful than the heavily scented cleaners we are so used to.
3. Try switching to natural, environmentally safe cleaning products, or using some of the homemade solutions that your grandmother would have used. Try vinegar and baking soda.
4. Add a few drops of tee tree oil to your cleaning solutions to add some power and zing.
5. Hand washing with simple soap and water removes most micro-organisms and is the best defence against germs and bacteria.

Add some green to that clean and get scrubbing!

Carine Redmond

Carine Redmond, Western Contributor
		About the author:
		A West Coast baby at heart, Carine grew up in Ottawa and attended McGill University in Montreal before setting her sights on Vancouver in 2008. Carine works in PR and has a passion for all things celebrity and media related.  She can usually be found catching up on her celebrity gossip, playing with her Polaroid camera or people watching at the beach (while working on her tan of course).  Style icons include Jackie Kennedy, Tom Ford, and Judith Light as Angela Bower. Can’t live without: cherry chapstick, morning television.
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