I have friends who know nothing about eco-friendly cleaning products. These friends like to use grime-removing acids or other chemicals. Yet, what they don’t realize is the way they clean their houses is more than enough to make the environment want to turn over on its head.

Laundry-cleaning products are okay, and so are liquid soaps and polishers and bleaches; but, if you’re going to dissolve grime from your bathroom tiles, use vinegar instead. It’s just as effective without putting the environment, or yourself, at risk. (If you want to know other uses of vinegar, read the 25 other uses for vinegar)

My mom once used an acid-based product on our bathroom. She didn’t put on the face cloth she was supposed to; the next morning she woke up burning with fever and had to stay in bed for at least a week. For more ideas regarding this article, learn how to clean slate tiles.