Product Reviewed: Seventh Generation “Free and Clear” Natural Dish Liquid (hand wash dish soap)
Place of Purchase:Jewel-Osco, also found at Whole Foods and other retailers
Purchase Price: About $4
Product replaced: I’ve been trying different environmentally friendly dish soaps for over a year now. Seventh Generation is one of many I am trying to replace my former, non-green dish soap, Palmolive
Ingredients:A unique combination of naturally derived cleansing agents (coconut-based surfactants), Preservatives (less than 0.05%), Water.
Use: I use it to wash my dishes by hand.
Results: I enjoy using this soap, because it cuts grease and is “free and clear,” of perfumes and dyes. It suds better than almost all of the other natural dish soaps I have tried out, but does not get as sudsy as Palmolive or Dawn.
I didn’t mind the lack of suds, however, because the soap still managed to cut grease just as well and it rinsed away from dishes more easily. The fact that this soap has no dyes or perfumes is very appealing to me because I greatly dislike those fake aromas and dyes, as they add nothing good to the experience but pollute the environment and can be irritating for people’s skin.
Best of all: It’s natural! Acccording to the label, “If every household in the U.S. replaced just one bottle of 25 oz. petroleum based dishwashing liquid with our 25 oz. vegetable based product, we could save 81,000 barrels of oil, enough to heat and cool 4,600 U.S. Homes a year!
Why try it? Seventh Generation has a strong commitment to the environment. On the bottle, it states, “In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations.”
It does the job, it is septic and greywater system safe. Bottle contains 25% recycled plastic and is recylable. You can find it at an ever wider range of grocery stores.
The drawback: I see no major drawbacks for this product. I would purchase it again.
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