The document provides instructions for making natural and non-toxic cleaning agents using ingredients commonly found at home. It discusses how such cleaners can help improve indoor air quality while protecting health and the environment. Recipes are included for making window cleaner, hardwood floor cleaner, multi-purpose cleaner, eco-friendly soap, and laundry detergent from ingredients like vinegar, baking soda, essential oils, and glycerin. The overall aim is to raise awareness about environmental issues and empower students to take action through making their own natural cleaners.

1. NATURAL CLEANING
AGENTS
Made by “Pollution! Find a STEM solution!” group of students

2. INTRODUCTION
▪ One of the project aims is to raise awareness about environmental
problems, such as air pollution at schools and homes. It is important
to be proactive, so we decided to take some action and improve
indoor environmental quality.
▪ That is the reason why the school Eco group have made some
cleaning agents and give workshops for other students.
▪ Beyond the health benefits (breathing cleaner air and minimizing
exposure to potentialy toxic chemicals), non-toxic cleaning agents
can help us to protect the environment and save money.

3. INGREDIENTS – you have them all at home
▪ White vinegar
▪ Destilled water
▪ Baking soda
▪ Olive oil
▪ Essential oils

4. WINDOW CLEANER
INGREDIENTS LIST
▪ White vinegar
▪ Lemon juice
▪ Distilled water
USE: combine 1 part of white
vinegar with 4 parts of water and
add lemon juice
*pur the cleaning liquid into plastic/glass spray
bottle
Group A Group B
Class 1 82 95
Class 2 76 88
Class 3 84 90

5. HARDWOOD FLOORS CLEANER
INGREDIENTS LIST
▪ Olive oil
▪ Lemon juice
▪ Distilled water
USE: put 1 cup of olive oil and ½ cup of lemon juice into a bucket filled
with distilled water

6. MULTI PURPOSE CLEANER
INGREDIENTS LIST
▪ White vinegar
▪ Distilled water
▪ Essential oils (lavander and tea tree oil)
▪ Baking soda
USE: Heat 2 cups of water and 2 cups of white vinegar with 3 drops of
lavander essential oil and tea tree oil. Bring to the boil, remove from
heat.When the mixture is cool, add 5 teaspoons of baking soda. Stir
and pour into spray bottle.

7. ECO-FRIENDLY SOAP
SOAP MAKING PROCESS
▪ Cut the soap base into chips.Melt the soap base.You can do this in a microwave
oven or melt it over steam on a stove. Heat up the soap base for about half a
minute until it melts completely (do not heat it above 70°C – it must not start
steaming).
▪ Mix a few drops of glycerine dye(colour) in a small with a little water before
adding it to the melted base. Mix well so the dye dissolves completely and all the
clumps are gone.
▪ Add drop by drop of thinned dye until you get the desired shade and 2-5 drops of
essential oil. Add the fragrance (no more than 2% of the amount of the soap
base). Only use ingredients intended for cosmetics or eating! Stir until the
fragrance is completely blended
▪ Spray the mold with a little alcohol before you pour in the prepared base.
▪ Pour the prepared soap base into your soap mold.
▪ Make sure you spray the surface with alcohol to make all the bubbles disappear.
▪ After about an hour (depending on the size of the mold), when the soap has
hardened completely, take it out of the mold and make sure you wrap it up into
transparent cling film.
▪ INGREDIENTS LIST
▪ Glycerine soap base
▪ Glycerine colors
▪ Essential oil
▪ Alchocol spray

8. ▪ Enjoy your wonderful handmade
soap!

9. LAUNDRY DETERGENT (600C – 900C, whites)
INGREDIENTS:
• 1 bar soap (natural, unscented)
• 1 cup borax
• 1 cup washing soda (NaHCO3)
• ¼ cup baking soda (Na2HCO3)
• 10 – 30 drops of scented or essential oil (optional)
Use 3 – 4 tablespoons of the mix, depending on how dirty the load is.
Sitr all the ingredients well with a plastic or wooden spoon in a plastic or wooden bowl (the
ingredients react with metal!).
Keep in a cool dry place, in a well closed container.

10. There is no better place to learn about environment then
at home and school!
So, clean green!
Let’s raise Earth-friendly generation of children!