: Biome eco-guide :
grey-water safe, toxin-free products for cleaning,
laundry, kitchen & bath

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small but powerful steps to make your home a healthier, greener place

Laundry products that don't leave irritating residues on your clothes, a cleaner that doesn't leave harmful chemicals on your kitchen bench…Biome gives you many ways to live a more healthful and planet-conscious life.

The chemical world has developed an array of unnecessary, potentially harmful ingredients to make production easier and cheaper-losing sight of the answers in nature and what is best for people.

Cleaning products that are genuinely planet-safe can be highly effective and economical - and, they are better for your health too. They are based on nature's simple ingredients that have been used safely for hundreds of years, like mineral salts (baking soda), vegetable oils, fruits and essential oils.

what to look for

o complete disclosure of ingredients
o renewable, vegetable-based ingredients (no petrochemicals or synthetic chemicals)
o NO phosphates, sodium salts, optical whiteners, chlorine, ammonia, synthetic perfumes or dyes, irritating enzymes, TEA, DEA or MEA, Sodium Lauryl Sulphate, parabens, propylene glycol or formaldehyde
o not tested on animals
o packaged in recyclable packaging

reusing grey-water safely

Households in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and others are subject to different regulations. Many can now legally use grey-water on their gardens by approved irrigation systems or manual bucketing. Many more people though have ingenious systems for reusing water from their laundry, bathroom and kitchens.

With best intentions, however, we can harm the environment and the plants we are trying to save.
o Phosphates entering our waterways are the main cause of toxic algal blooms.
o Sodium salts, widely used as unnecessary "fillers" in laundry powders, can leach into groundwater and cause salinity. These chemicals and salts will also affect the health of your plants.
o A claim to be biodegradable is not enough because everything will break down eventually. More important is how long it takes and whether it disperses toxins into the environment.
All detergents and cleaning products from Biome are guaranteed to be garden-safe.

feel good about using these value for money, effective products

• Ecostore laundry powder - more than 25 washes from a 1kg pack, fantastic testimonials about allergies disappearing (or Ecostore laundry liquid)
• EnviroClean dishwasher powder - high performance, use only ½ to 1 teaspoon, sparkle without caustics & chlorine
• Ecologic laundry liquid - a little goes a long way, gentle clean without residues
• Ecostore or Ecologic dishwashing liquids - your hands will know the difference, wash-up in a bowl & tip the water on your garden
• Any of our natural soaps, bath gels, shampoo & conditioners - safe for your garden (and even your pool - save all your bath & shower water from one day and then siphon it off to top up the pool).

YOU ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE^tm
By choosing plant-oil based products rather than petrochemical-based you will save hundreds of litres of petroleum and kilos of greenhouse gases. Plus, you are stopping petrol and chlorine from entering our environment. Petrochemical use is one of the major causes of carbon dioxide emissions and global warming.

Biome Living eco-friendly products, body and lifestyle store, 2 Latrobe Tce, Paddington Queensland T: 07 3368 3009
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