Clorox Green Works Natural Toilet Bowl Cleaner: Review
Product Description
The plastic bottle contains 24 ounces of cleaner. It’s white with a green label featuring their signature daisy in the center. The squirt top is angled to help you direct the cleaning solution under the rim of the toilet bowl.
The top has a child proof spout, which I find challenging myself. In order to open the bottle, you need to squeeze the cap at the designated spots, and turn counter clockwise at the same time. Once you hit a certain section, the cap will pop up.
Product Claims
* Works as well as traditional cleaners
* Made from plant and mineral based cleansers
* Contains no bleach
* Contains no phosphorus
* Ingredients are bildegradable
* Removes rust, mineral deposits and hard water
* safe for plumbing and septic systems
* Clorox doesn’t test any ingredients on animals
Ingredients
Citric acid, lactic acid, coconut-based cleaning agent (nonionic surfactant), essential lemon oil, filtered water, natural thickener.
My Experience
As stated, I struggled opening this cap, so I’m not crazy about the design. I’ve had similar problems with other toilet bowl cleaners designed in this same way. At least I can be pretty sure that they are truly child proof.
The cleaner comes out quite thick, which is nice, because it clings to the side of the toilet bowl. I squirted the cleaning solution under the rim, and lower into the toilet bowl, and as suggested, I let it sit for a few minutes. Green Works toilet bowl cleaner has a light green color, and has a wonderful fresh and clean scent of lemons!
When I returned to finish cleaning the toilet, the solution made a lot of suds, and did a great job of cleaning my toilet. I used my toilet brush and scrubbed under the rim, along the sides, and down into the bowl. There were so many suds that I couldn’t really see the bottom of the bowl, so I wasn’t sure I was hitting all the dirtiest areas. However, after I was finished and flushed the toilet, the bowl was sparking clean, and my whole bathroom smelled great!
Clorox states that their new line of Green Works cleaners are at least 99% natural, and are virtually free of petrochemicals. The ingredients come from renewable resources which are biodegradable.
Starting in 1998, I spent two years doing research on ingredients and their effects on our bodies. I was convinced I needed to replace my families household cleaners (and personal care items) with ones that were natural. Finding truly natural products proved harder than I thought. Back then, I couldn’t even find any locally and had to pay through the nose to purchase them online. Not only were they over priced, I had the shipping and handling costs to bear as well.
Then my local grocer starting to carry some natural lines such as 7th Generation, and Burts Bees. These were what I was looking for, but still cost me at least twice as much as the mainstream brands. I don’t like bleach, and when I saw that the Clorox company was behind the Green Works line, I was indeed skeptical. When I read the ingredients on the label, I was very pleasantly surprised! These are as natural and pure as any natural product I have found since I started looking in 1999! Not only is the Green Works line totally natural, it is also cheaper than other green products! I picked up my toilet bowl cleaner for only $3.00 – which was actually cheaper than some of the chemically laden competitors.
Clorox makes their containers out of PET plastic, which is recyclable. This is another reason to give these products a try.
The Clorox Green Works line just launched in stores this month, (January of 2008), and other cleaners in the line are: All Purpose Cleaner, Natural Glass & Surface Cleaner, and Natural Dilutable Cleaner. The U.S. EPA granted the Clorox company a “Design for the Environment” seal or certification.
Bottom line, this toilet bowl cleaner works great! It smells fresh, with no harsh chemical fumes. It’s non-toxic and truly all natural.
In doing some research for my article, I learned that the Clorox company actually bought out Burts Bees, another green and natural company. It seems that the Clorox company really is turning green, and I applaud them!
