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I saw these at Dominick's over the weekend and I stopped to look at them. I didn't end up buying it. My head just can't associate Clorox with being eco-friendly.

I tried it because it was cheaper than Simple Green (is that it? it's in a spray bottle but says to dillute it - is this true? any tips?) - it works well but i agree, my head doesn't associate clorox with green, either. I don't know if I will buy it again. Funny - I was going to ask a question about this on a daily thread. Thanks AT. :)

But... but... if they're producing eco-friendly products, that means they know the non-eco-friendly products are bad. So why are they still producing the old ones? I think I'll stick with giving my money to companies that solely manufacture green products.

This is like when McDonald's came out with their veggie burger. As if animal rights advocates would react by saying "Oh, yay! Thanks, McDonald's! I'm now going to completely ignore your horrible meat production processes while I enjoy your cardboard-tasting fake patty!"

A little off the subject, but Clorox also recently purchased Burt's Bees, which just seems wrong on multiple levels.

Nooooooooooooooo!!! Oh man that sucks about Burt's Bees.

vinegar baking soda cheap soap = works wonders. non toxic. cheap.

I tried the floor cleaner, and it worked well, but I still prefer the environmentally friendly products for cleaning windows and such. It's not as effective, but probably better for you. It's a trade off.

Actually, Doppelganger, it was Burger King. McDonalds still dips their fries in beef fat, there's nothing veg-friendly about that place. But that being said, a lot of the veg community was actually pushing BK at that point, trying to go get people to eat their veggie burger. Why? Because any step in the right direction made by a huge corporation should be encouraged. I know the entire world isn't going to magically go vegan, so I support anything that people are trying to do. If we still avoided them, they'd say, "Oh, see, I told you they wouldn't sell. Get rid of them." If they sell, they're more likely to put more veg-friendly things on the menu.

I think the same way with this Clorox thing. They're not going to go all green at once. But we should still encourage them for truly making an effort. Hopefully they'll one day go all the way, but we have to let them know that we're pleased with an attempt.

You're damned if you do and damned if you don't. As long as these products are legitimately what Clorox is claiming them to be, I think we should support them for making a step in the right direction. Clearly with their purchase of Burt's Bees they see a market for these products. The more companies do that, the better off we will be.

I just bought the All-Purpose Cleaner this morning and used it. It worked and smells great. I think it is a wonderful step in the right direction. They need to start somewhere and if they aren't supported in sales then they will go back to only offering the toxic cleaners...eh...whatever...either way it worked good, smelled good and I felt good buying it.

"They're not going to go all green at once. But we should still encourage them for truly making an effort. Hopefully they'll one day go all the way, but we have to let them know that we're pleased with an attempt."

To Gretchen et al, I see the point you're making, but at the end of the day, I don't accept it. Other major corporations have made the radical decision to go completely green and have been successful. I don't see why others should be exempt.

The idea that we should be "encouraging" them and letting them know we're "pleased" with their "attempt"... that kind of philosophy is well and good if you're a preschool teacher dealing with a three-year-old who doesn't know any better. I don't see why we should be expected to apply it to companies run by supposedly educated people making million-dollar salaries... people who, if they read the environmental-impact research that relates to their own products, should know how toxic their products are, and on what a massive scale.

To respond to another (unrelated) point, McDonald's does (or at least did at one point) offer a veggie burger, at least where I live. So does Burger King. They both taste nasty, which makes it all the more apparent that these are pretty token "green" efforts. The idea that these products represent a foray into healthier, more ecologically friendly food production and eating -- and that, if properly encouraged and applauded by the masses, someday McD's and BK might move entirely into this domain -- well, I'm not the only person who thinks this is a pretty laughable idea, right?

I bought all the glass cleaner, toilet bowl cleaner and bathroom cleaner. They all worked great, ESPECIALLY the glass cleaner, which I was very impressed by. I felt like it worked better than anything I had used before.

The products hardly had any smell, in my opinion. I give them a thumbs up!

elizabeth in AL - simple green does need diluting - even if you buy the handheld size. that irritates me to have to buy another container, but it works really well. For an all around good spray cleaner, the trader joes brand does a great job and it doesn't have a sickly aroma like simple green. toilets, general, windows, etc. i am currently into ecover products since i bought my new home, but i used to be even crazier busy than i am now and didn't have time to deal with cleaning and shopping - so i got into the habit of using the tj's brand for everything. it's excellent and saves you a trip to OSH!
(disclaimer - i work at trader joes)

What gets me with the big companies like Clorox is how late in the Green game they are. I mean, most of the time, the greener products I buy are cheaper. And since green products have been around for as long as they have, why the F*@% are these bigger companies just now getting on board. It's been common knowledge since the beginning of time that you don't need tons of chemicals to clean so why did they even start with them in the first place?? The 20th century is such an embarrasing moment in human history in some ways. I agree with Doppleganger.

I have been using the floor cleaner for over a month now... I am a total sucker for new products.

I have loved every single last minute of it. It doesn't work for wood floors, but I am able to tackle all of the stone that is in my house as well as the tile.
It smells FANTASTIC and dilutes nicely. I haven't had to use it full strength on anything, and that's saying alot since it's been muddy and wet here and I have two dogs.

Sure baking soda and vinegar or borax is cheaper... but the ability to pour a capful in a sink and mop my floor without mixing or thinking, or two bottles, or a large amount of storage (the bottle is actually rather small which I really appreciated) is worth alot of time to me.

The price wasn't had and has been well worth my time, I've used maybe a 1/4 of the bottle and have washed 6 floors atleast 30 times so far!

PS when it comes to diluting, I haven't bothered with a separate bottle.. that's too much work for me, as I hate cleaning to begin with! haha.

I merely add a capful and then fill my bathroom sink/kitchen sink/laundry room sink with water. Dipping a cloth into it to clean toilets and mirrors and showers hasn't irritated my hands in the slightest, I can then mop my floors and let the drain out, easy peasy!

mcdonalds does not dip their fries in beef fat - they have their own fryers for the fries because they make so many of them, which makes them gluten free and vegetarian. according to this website, they quit using beef tallow in 1990.
http://www.rense.com/general7/whyy.htm

thanks for the tip about dilluting - that's annoying - i wish alabama had a trader joe's!!

k so nevermind - researching skills are rusty - maybe mcdonald's still does because look here : http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/06/05/national/main511109.shtml