great post!!!  mrs. meyers has great eco options as well. basil is my favorite scent!  yum!

This isn't about bathrooms but I wanted to share that I use white vinegar as fabric softener in my laundry - 1/4 cup per regular load right in the fabric softener dispenser.  Your clothes do not come out smelling like vinegar I promise! 

I also use white vinegar in the rinse aid dispenser in my dishwasher.  White vinegar is so cheap.  Both of these things save a lot of money!

You don't need to buy all those products to be green. I have this great little book Clean: The Humble Art of Zen Cleansing that teaches you how to clean your entire house using only 5 non toxic (4 are even edible) items: Salt, Vinegar, Lemon, Baking Soda, and Borax. If you don't know, Borax is a natural mineral. I refer to this book all the time, I hate cleaning with smelly chemicals.

http://www.amazon.com/Clean-Humble-Zen-Cleansing-Michael-DeJong/dp/1402747667/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

I had a gross, scummy coating on my bathtub floor that I was having the hardest time getting off, but I poured some baking soda on it, poured apple cider vinegar on top of that (expensive I know, but it's all I had and it didn't take much) and it came off so easily!  For store-bought stuff, though, Method is my favorite.

I made my own glass cleaner - half water and half white vinegar (the recipe also calls for rubbing alcohol but I didn't have any in the house) so I just used the half/half solution and my mirrors came out awesome.  Better than any chemical cleaner I used before I became a conscious consumer.

I make my own laundry detergent and tub/sink cleaner. Both are so much less expensive than store-bought and work wonderfully!!! Here is a link to the laundry detergent recipe:

http://www.postpunkkitchen.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=33813

And the recipe for making your own bathroom scrub is in a little book called Make Your Place by Raleigh Briggs.

I own a Green Housecleaning business and I make all my own cleaners!  I use orange oil because it's so happy smelling...all my customers love it!  It also cuts the vinegar smell a bit.  For the bathrooms, I use my vinegar/orange oil mix but I use Tea Tree oil for disinfecting properties.  For grit...use baking soda, borax, or even that container of iodized salt !  Couple of cheap spray bottles, a big jug of white vinegar, whatever essential oils float your boat (remember that most essential oils have an "antiseptic" quality...it's part of the plants' immune system!) and get creative!!  Then BREATHE!

I'm LOVING all these ideas!! Thanks for sharing, everyone! I use the 1/2 vinegar 1/2 water solution to clean mirrors and fixtures in the bathroom and NOTHING works better! I also use baking soda and vinegar and a toothbrush to clean the grout on my bathroom counters- takes some elbow grease but works! :)

Both Norwex and Shaklee have awesome household cleansers. I use the Norwex antibac enviro cloth on almost all surfaces in my bathroom (you don't even have to use cleaner with the cloth, just water, however, I use Shaklee's Basic H2, diluted, to help with extra sticky situations). Also, the Norwex antibac window cloth works wonders on windows & mirrors (again with water, or some diluted Shaklee Basic H2 for extra dirty windows). I've been using these products for the last year & a half, and they are so awesome! No more having to hold my breath while I clean. Here are the links:
http://www.shaklee.ca/can/en/category.php?main_cat=HomeCare&sub_cat=GetCleanHousehold
http://norwex.com/category.php?lng=7&ctg=1&cnt=38

Hello everyone, my name is Julia and I am new to this site, and I am also a Shaklee Distributor.  I have to agree with Susan, Shaklee Cleaning products work really well, not only are they non toxic and biodegradable, they are really concentrated so you save a lot of packaging waste from the landfills.  Basic H2 is a great all purpose cleaner and degreaser, and we also have a product called Scour Off that will clean the soap scum and hard water scale in your shower stall and tub, along with all the tough jobs in your home, including grout.  A friend of mine just tried it on rust stains inside her toilet bowl and they came right off.  I would just like to add that Shaklee is the first company in the world to be certified Climate Neutral, has been for eight years and that is really important to me.  I use Norwex clothes too, but I do add a little Basic H2.

Here is my website if you would like to take a look:http://www.juliamcneill.myshaklee.com

I look forward to this journey as I flirt with moving into a plant based diet.  I also look forward to making some new friends and getting to know people that can help me along the way  :)

It's a relief to read from people who are concerned about saving as much water as possible knowing that the "el niño"  weather phenomenon has once again struck some countries in Southeast Asia, devastating millions worth of crops and livelihood. We may not directly help the affected families by saving water but doing so, at least, shows that we care about the value of water in people's lives. 

 Begley's Best  makes amazing cleaners & spot remover! 

Natural cleaners are better for you, toilet bowl cleaner is one of the most toxic things in your home!
http://www.appletreehouse.etsy.com

vinegar all the way baby!! i use that magical elixar for almost everything and anything in my pad :)

My friend Mixim disconnected his bathroom sink drain pipe so that it drains into a large bucket.  He uses the used water from washing his hands to flush the toilet.  Just dump it it quickly to trigger a flush.  It isn't the most glamorous solution, but for the die-hard conservationist, it's a step in the right direction.