Comments on: Study Reveals Some Green Cleaning Products Aren’t as Eco as They Say They Are

By: SustainablePerformance

SustainablePerformance — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:40:49 +0000

One of the challenges in creating a market for better products is that the first products to market are always lower quality than established products. That was the case with cars as it is with cleaning products (check out an article in Consumer Reports on the subject at http://www.marketingforthemasses.com/survey-suggests-brands-risk-greenwashing-back). If a company is going to address designing better products, it’s about more than just aiming for targets and then marketing the product – it’s about rethinking the design and manufacturing process. Toyota did this with Lean as have other innovative companies does this. I’m working with a non-profit organization to look at rethinking the commercial design and construction process. Let me know what you think: http://www.greenroundtable.org/certification.

By: abigail81

abigail81 — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:13:37 +0000

Greenworks never claimed to be 100% natural. There website says so point blank: http://www.greenworkscleaners.com/why-natural/natural-defined/.

They are walking the delicate balance between:
1)Improved environmental standards
2)Products that work
3)Affordable solutions that millions of people can buy (as opposed to the more costly natural ones that only some of us can afford)

By: lazyreader

lazyreader — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:17:39 +0000

Yes you can blame those business’s for deceit , But if you look at Inhabitat’s archives, I’m pretty sure you can find dozens of articles that said these products we’re a must have for anyone who cares about the planet and wants to keep their house clean too. I’m pretty sure Clorox isn’t the greenest thing on the market but it keeps my socks white. Thank you Inhabitat for not getting off your Aeron chairs to bother looking for the truth.

By: lossolleffco

lossolleffco — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:47:06 +0000

Yes, I wonder- which brands aren’t so truthful? I see two brands listed…which would make one assume that these are the lying brands…

By: caeman

caeman — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:19:46 +0000

I am shocked, I tell you, shocked that big corporations would dare lie to the consumers, all in the name of the taking advantage of a wave of green ecologoconsciousness about the extent of their greenness.

I suppose the next thing you are going to tell me is that foods with diet and light written on them do aren’t.

By: 216stitches

216stitches — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:34:35 +0000

We want names! Who’s lying?