Office Cleaning With Natural Products

The number of chemicals being produced and used in the world today is alarming. You wonder then why everyone is talking about environmental friendliness when more than 72,000 artificial chemicals have been produced and used in the world since World War II. Some of these chemicals have been added to our office cleaning products without our knowledge, and without the proper understanding of their potential effects on human beings and on the environment. 

We spent most of our active lives in the office, at least 8 hours per day for those of us who are in the formal sector. In Singapore, one spends 44 hours per week in the office. That is why office cleaning should be taken seriously, and this explains why great care should be taken when cleaning the office. Natural cleaning products should be preferred to the synthetic ones. 

Natural office cleaning products
Natural office cleaning products are derived from natural substances. Basically, most of them have water and plant-derived chemicals as their denominator. Some of the most common natural cleaning product ingredients include lemon and white vinegar. 

Fresh lemon juice can be used to deodorize, brighten whites, remove stains clean glass and inhibit mold growth because it contains citric acid. It also removes grime in taps and other similar places. On the other hand, the versatility of white vinegar makes it useful as a calcium build-up dissolver that can also cut through grease and soap sum and do away with foul odors. It is particularly good for cleaning the office toilet. 

Other basic cleaning products include baking soda, washing soda, and salt. Washing soda is very effective in cleaning painted walls and hard floors in the office. It normally doesn’t form fumes in the direct air, but being a heavy-duty cleaning agent, one should wear gloves when using it. It is highly alkaline and it is thus essential in the removal of stains like grease and petrol stains in the office. 

Baking soda is a weaker base than washing soda, but it is still a very useful natural office cleaning product. It cuts through grease effectively, softens hard water and acts as a whitening agent, removing tough stains. Its abrasive qualities make it quite effective as a natural office washing ingredient. 

Salt is also useful as a natural office cleaning product because it acts as a disinfectant and it is abrasive. It can remove grease stains with ease and can be added to other ingredients like baking soda to make a more effective office cleaning product.

Advantages of office cleaning with natural products
· They are employee safe. 
An office that has been cleaned with artificial substances is less likely to be conducive to proper working as compared to one that has been cleaned using natural cleaning products. Employees need a good environment to operate in if they are going to be productive. Some employees are actually allergic to some of the chemicals used in many synthetic office cleaning substances. 

· They are world safe. 
We are living in a world that has been polluted by synthetic cleaning products that are made of harmful chemicals. When these chemicals are sprayed into the air during an office cleaning exercise, for example, they are eventually washed into the oceans and rivers, spoiling the eco-system. This is wrong at these times when we are all talking about global warming and making our environment safe for all. Perhaps that is why everyone in Singapore is highly advised to stick to natural cleaning products instead of the artificial ones that are already doing a lot of harm to our environment. 

· Natural cleaning products are biodegradable and dye free.
Commercial and janitorial green cleaning products are easily biodegradable, meaning that they hardly interfere with the natural self-sustaining cycle that provides human beings and plants with fresh air. Being dye-fee, on the other hand, means that they hardly cause any stains. Instead, they remove all stains and leave the surfaces they are used on spotlessly clean. 

· Natural cleaning products lack chemicals like synthetic fragrances and artificial brighteners. 
It is normal for artificial cleaning products to have fragrances and artificial brighteners so that they appeal to the buyers. The irony is that the buyer is lured to buy what is less useful than a natural cleaning product that is made of plant-derived ingredients and scents which are non-toxic. 

· They are child safe. 
Children are very sensitive to chemicals. Use of artificial office cleaners may sometimes make the office inhabitable to children. Remember that children are the most vulnerable members of the society because their vital organs are still developing and they are less efficient in fighting the toxins contained in artificial chemicals like adults. Any damage to their underdeveloped organs can be permanent, making their lives into adulthood difficult. 

· They are pet safe. 
Pets have become indispensable family and office companions these days. In this regard, it is not right to use synthetic cleaning products because you never know which chemicals are used and how harmful they are to your pets at the office. It is always advisable to go natural to keep your pets in the pink of health. 

All said and done, we should not forget that the most important cleaning product is water. Whatever form of dirt there is in the office, water can handle it. It only needs to be mixed with a few natural cleaning products to make it more effective. Pure soap and soap nuts are examples of such products. The problem with the modern office cleaning industry is that most people think that you need so many cleaning products to make the office clean and fresh. This is the wrong mindset, but you don’t blame customers because they are meant to believe that every other stain or form of dirt requires a different chemical—laden artificial cleaning product. 

As long as you use them well, natural cleaning products can solve your office cleaning issues. Natural cleaning products such as cellulose sponges and microfiber cleaning tools will make the icing on the cake so that office cleaning is all natural from start to finish.