We try to be green in our house. We recycle. We try to reduce electricity consumption whenever we can. We walk, cycle or use public transport where possible. We try to buy products that use little packaging.
We’ve also tried using products from Ecover. For the most part, these are well worth using, assuming you can believe all thei company’s statements about environmental friendliness.
But we’ve come a cropper with Ecover’s washing powder. Despite the company’s warm words about the powder not being irritating to the skin, we spent three of four sleepless nights scratching ourselves silly after using the powder on our bed linen. After re-washing the bedding in Pesil non-bio capsules, an uninterrupted night’s sleep all round. Hooray. Not so environmentally friendly, but at least we won’t go postal from sleep deprivation.
What gets me is that my otherwise sterling immune system, previously only allergic to penicillin and cat and dog hairs, should have a problem with the plant extracts used to make the Ecover washing powder. What plants are they using? Nettles?