Zero Waste All Purpose Cleaner Recipe | Natural + Non Toxic 

I love using old socks when I clean instead of a cloth. I slip them onto my hands like gloves :)

Sprinkling bicarbonate soda then spray this citrus solution on top will foam and is great for ovens and grout between tiles. 🙂

I use half vinegar and half water. Works as well and even cheaper. I add a bit of essential oil - orange or mint or whatever.

Thanks for the inspiration! I'm going to give this a go. This recipe is great for Christmas!

I’ve been looking in to going zero waste and you’ve inspired me so much

The cinnamon stick is a real nice addition to the orange, come autumn I’ll give it a try! Thank you

Thank you so much for this. I have been looking for some natural products around here, but there there is´nt that many options without the plastic. I will definitely be using his from now on. Thank you again, foe the great Ideas you have on your channel.

It was nice to hear the word "plethora" :)

Thank you for sharing, I'll definitely try it with pink grapefruit and a drop of lavender essential oil! But the orange cinnamon combination seems to be quite a yummy smell as well for Fall and winter.

Greetings from Bulgaria. I just made it and cant wait to use it. THANK YOU

hi Sphie!!!thank you shqring another great idea can you also share ideas related to pure laundry detergents or laundry liquids

I love this cleaner. It cleans awesome and I saved a ton of bottles from the landfill and a bunch of cash. It takes care of grease wonderfully

I use a mix of water, rubbing alcohol and vinegar to which I add a tiny bit of dish soap and a few cleaning essential oils (tea tree, lemon, lemongrass, eucalyptus). I was using it just as a shower spray, but your video made me think of using it for other things... and I just realized it cleans glass and stainless steel like a charm! I will definitely stop buying other cleaning products now that I know how much this stuff is versatile!!! Thank you :)

Perfect for this time of year!

I have recently gotten into a more sustainable lifestyle and came across your videos. I made your toothpaste and this cleaner already and I’m loving the results. Thank you for sharing!

I'm definitely going to try orange and cinnamon!

How do you Wash the floor? Love your video’s 😁

Excellent one. I will start using it. Can I mix this with water to mop the floors?

Thank you, I will try this recipe :)

Hi Sophie! I use white vinegar, water, a little bit of lemon juice, lavender essential oil and just a little bit of coconut oil, because it makes wooden surfaces very smooth :) if you have some recipe for a good soap/cleaner to wash dishes with, please share that, I'm in desperate need :)

Great idea! Made it with orange peel and Christmas tree leftovers.

Vinegar and water (1:4), mint essential make amazing things to spray in the house for preventing those pesky summer bugs

I use vinegar with water (1:5) and I add in mint essential oil 😍

Hi Sophie, I love the idea of putting cinnamon sticks and orange peel in your vinegar. One recipe I have for cleaning is vinegar and dawn detergent (50:50 mixture) for my shower stall and glass. It works wonders. Now I am not sure if Dawn is toxic to the environment, but your video made me wonder. If so, any suggestions about dish detergents?

I have a lemon tree in my backyard and I was wondering if I could just use the lemons for that lemony clean scent of most cleaning products? Edit: just got to the part where you said we could use and citrus so I guess I’m gonna start making this :)

Hi, thank you for this recipe! I found you when I was watching one of Christina Sedona videos. I was wondering, is it possible to up-cycle a plastic spray bottle to store this All Purpose cleaner?

making this tomorrow 😄

ps. Just used your cleaner and its awesome. thank you again. For glass you can use basic recipe. Vinegar and water. 2 to one ratio. try cleaning your windows with newspaper as well as your mirrors

Omg your nails are so beautiful 😍

Can I use it for toilet, shower, bathroom in general too? Many thanks

I love the idea of pitting cinnamon into the cleaning spray. I bet it smells really nice infused with the oranges. Wish my daughter wasn't allergic to cinnamon!

Mix 1 part water and 1 part vinegar mixture - so not so strong

Hi, can you recommend any ingredient that can be added to this recipe to make it stronger? I want my family to also adopt sustainable lifestyle but they have argued that this recipe is not as strong for wiping off stains from dining tables when they tried it for a week. Pls suggest.

Hey Sophie I’m thinking about using grapefruit purely because the smell of grapefruit makes me feel so refreshed in the morning. I could also eat grapefruit for England! 😂😂😂

You said in your voice over to let it sit for up to a week. Do you go through that whole jar in a week? or do you let it sit longer than that

Hey , really like the video , how long does it last for ? And if making a smaller jar of it just fill it to the top yeah ?

Wouldn’t using essential oil or coconut oil in the ingredients cause for streaks in the glass? Thank you. Just curious because I’ve been reading some comments.

great recipe :) since a little goes a long way, how long can it sit in the jar ?

What do you do about tags that come on clothing and other items?

Love this!!! So it’s not required to be diluted with water right?!

Hi @Blue Ollis! I was wondering if I can use this recipe for cleaning my toilet? Please get back to me and thank you for sharing this video with me it’s really helpful and I appreciate it.🌱

I just stopped in to get another recipe for cleaning. I like this. Mind you, I am allergic to citrus fruits but I figure that I can use gloves and I won't be consuming it so I should be fine. I do like the scents tho. My recipe was lavender oil, small bits of lavender, ground sage (now I know that I should use fresh sage leaves - it will take a while to use it all), crushed spearmint leaves (I will use fresh whole ones next time too), eucalyptus oil, and vinegar (of course). Hopefully this will help someone. I plan to continue to create different scents now that I will be an Airbnb host.

Are dried citrus peels suitable as well? Love the vid!⚡️⚡️

Do you add water or is it just vinegar?

Thanks so much for this video! I've been having some trouble with static since it is so cold and dry where I live now. I combined some white distilled vinegar, lavender oil, and tea tree oil in a platic spray bottle I had left over from another cleaning product and it has been working wonderfully. I was thinking about going to pick up more vinegar for a cleaning solution, but do you think I could just use the solution I've already made? (Aside from making a different scent) Thanks so much for your videos! You have inspired me and given me so many ideas for easy zero waste swaps

For how long time can you use it before you need to do it again? Or can you use it until it is finished in the yar?

Heard about you from Christy Sedona and I was like omg somebody else named Blue!😍💙

I love citrus scents

Love how easy this recipe is!!(: I usually make my spray half water and half vinegar with some lemon and tea tree essential oils, but I waste a lot of tangerine peels so this is gonna be fun to try, thank you! My parents put baking soda in theirs, I’m not sure if that scratches mirrors or not?

Thanks for this! It looks super easy to make, I will definitely give it a go once my store-bought cleaning product finishes. It would be great to see a video with cleaning products/tools you use, as I am currently try to make swaps around the house but don't know which is best. For example, what is the best tool to clean dishes rather than the usual sponge? And how about the bathroom? Would this cleaning product help remove bacteria etc..? Would you still use microfibre cloth in the bathroom too? Sorry for the questions overload, but cleaning zero waste is still something I am struggling with!

Do you smell the vinegar much?

Where can I get glass white vinegar? I have been buying plastic ones. And it kills me on buying plastic. Can someone help me? I'm from the US

Sorry!!what do you put before the water!?vinager!?

Do you dilute with water after you make it and before putting into a spray bottle?

Do you have issues with rust forming on your metal lid with the vinegar?

Is it just vinegar?

Good video! I do this to with homemade apple cider vinegar...I infuse with woody herbs from the garden...often rosemary as I also use it as a hair rinse. Only thing I would suggest is that you go with an old fashioned tea towel or scrim made of cotton or linen. Microfibre cloths are basically made of plastics and I'm now trying to avoid buying manmade fabrics or putting them through my washing machine as new research into microplastic pollution indicates that this is a serious problem.

I want to add lemon peels to the natural cleaner

Perfect timing my cleaner is just about to run out 👍

Great idea♡ But I wouldn't recomend using microfiber on glass or other sensitive surfaces as it can cause scrathes

oh so you don't have to add water to it. good to know.

Is it edible or not? What if my baby cousin drinks it by mistake, will it harm?

Where did you source your cinnamon sticks from?? lol it's so expensive in the stores I shop at

Is there a vinegar proof spray bottle? Mine only lasts about a week before it dies, I'm using 50% vinegar and 50% water.

Recipe starts at 2:26 Your welcome 😀

Do i add water when i use it on floor !?

Can you use other types of vinegar?

Does anyone know if you have to drain the fruit out of the vinegar after you make it? Will the fruit mold if it stays in the vinegar for too long?

I don't wanna be rude or anything, but as far as I personally know, most citrus fruits (and I believe also the skins/oils) are toxic to cats and dogs. Would there be anything in stead of the citrus I could use for the greasy stuff?

I'd be willing to give this a try but I had hoped it wouldn't be vinegar based. My mother has used vinegar to clean for many years but I've also found that nothing could mask the nasty smell and breathing it in made my lungs hurt (it is an acid so maybe not all that surprising but I wonder if I'm the only one who experiences this?). How long should this steep to really get the smells of the citrus and cinnamon fully into the vinegar. I'd really like to know if citric acid could replace vinegar in a cleaning solution and how to substitute it. Talks for sharing this. I second the other request for a diy dish cleaner. :-)

is vinegar safe on all surfaces? can it be used on kitchen and bath tiles without causing discoloration, etc?

where do I get zero waste vinegar most of the bottles I find are plastic the big jugs

Isn't microfiber not at all eco-friendly? They're made from polyester and other petrochemical polymers, (which don't biodegrade) Do you get eco-friendly microfiber? Am I missing something? The bits from cotton cloths are quite easy to wipe away when they're dry...? I love the cleaning product recipe, though. I'll definitely be making a bottle of that.

Does this do off after a while? If it does, can you just remove the peels and continue to keep the vinegar for months or does this not work?

How long does this last?

Can I use other type of vinegar?

Hmm, I wonder if this works with tile/toilet mold accumulation. Anyone have success with stubborn mold/mildew?

Unfortunately the microfibre clothes are not as good as we thought. Apparently the small particles never dissolve and stay in the water and make their way to the ocean (it was discovered that fish confuse it with food and it eat it)... you can have a read about it or maybe someone else could explain it better than me.. :) I however stopped buying microfibre clothes for that reason

Can i use apple cider vinegar? Or only white vinegar

do you ever use baking soda?

Can apple cider vinegar be used as well?

Which kind of vinegar do you use? I'm sorry but I don't understand it in the video.

Bu nedir?

How long does this stuff last? I made something exactly like this probably almost a year ago now and I had it under my sink and completely forgot about it should I throw it out and make a new batch or should it still be fine 🤔

I saw that this solution can damage wood and stone, granite & tile.

I watched #sedonachristina and she recommended this video! I loved and here I am also subscribing for your channel! :)

Microfiber discards tiny plastic bits when washed, how is that zero waste? I am just curious, because I am concerned with all the plastic waste in general.

300th like! ❤️

Don't go out and buy microfiber cloths (they contain microplastics), but if you have them-use them. I know there's also things like Coral Balls to collect microplastics in your wash machine.

due sell this

That’s a LOT of cinnamon sticks lol. What do you do with all of those?

I need to stop using windex it make my mirror all streaky I love to try to make your multipurpose cleaner

I just found a copy of this video called "Zero Waste Cleaning Tips | Non Toxic & Natural DIY Recipes | Minimalist Journey" on a channel called "Jo Ladley". I can't report the video because it's not my content, but you might want to look into that...

Microfibers r sisters to plastic non-biodegradable n toxic for planet. I ended buying it too. Now have to keep it forever n mine wasn't even that good quality 😒

I'm watching these in case of the apocalypse

Microfiber is not a good option :( I discovered this recently after purchasing a ton of them and I felt horrible but it's always best to use natural textiles. Not only is the making of microfibre cloths horrible for the environment but every time you wash them, tiny microplastic fibres are released into our oceans killing marine life and polluting the ocean. It's actually horrific. I think we should just use the ones we've already purchased but I thought I should let you know that maybe you shouldn't be recommending them. It's not right that this information is not well known and we think we are making better choices and it turns out not to be =S Everyone: stick with all natural textiles and for windows I have found 100% pure silk works sooo well at not leaving streaks! I actually cut up some of my boyfriend's old boxers to wash windows with lol because silk really works! Also, newspapers and tissue paper too but if you have any old silk lying around then that is preferable for less waste of course.

Shelf life ?

Vinegar isn’t a surfactant. It won’t dissolve grease and oil. This won’t ‘cut through grease’. It will etch marble and granite. She’s clueless. AVOID THIS RECIPE!!!