Couch Paper Rolls
I found a new suplier that has a nice range of massage tables and accessories that include eco-friendly couch paper roll: www.naturalliving.co.uk / Couch Paper Rolls
Ecover are very bad news nowadays
I've just mentioned this on another thread but they now use GM ingredients in many of their products, they lost their vegan soceity approval last year after doing animal experiments and using animal ingredients.
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OMG not going ot use any more! Want to make my own in fact or perhaps try others, what do you use?
For household cleaning, I use white vinegar, lemons, salt, borax and bicarbonate of soda for pretty much every job that needs doing. Used to use Ecover but it's miles, as well as its price, make it too expensive. I have come across a laundry powder called "Simply" ( http://www.simplywashing.com ) which isn't massively expensive and is produced in the UK, so it's carbon footprint is less than Ecover, which originally comes from Belgium (although they do now have facitilities in the UK)
Do your self made products last? Or do you have to make up each time? In what ratio or doesn't it matter?
Thanks!
Can someone post a link to where the info regarding Ecover and GM products is? I haven't been able to find anything about it. Thanks.
Can someone post a link to where the info regarding Ecover and GM products is? I haven't been able to find anything about it. Thanks.
Okay - I found something on Ethical Consumer's website. I've posted it here in case anyone else is interested:
Ecover did not respond to Ethical Consumer's request in February 2012 for the company's policy on GM ingredients. The company's website included a page about the use of genetically modified enzymes in its detergents. "When Ecover started to use enzymes we were able to obtain them from manufacturers who guaranteed the GMO free production process as well as the necessary safety and health measures both during the production process as well as during the use of the enzymes in our products afterwards. To obtain these safety standards, enzymes are encapsulated, so that their power is released in the washing process and not before. Over the years however our sources have either been acquired by larger companies or they have modified their production processes by which GMO has entered our world. Today the enzymes themselves are generated from a micro organism that has undergone modification to increase its capacity to produce the enzyme. There is no modification to the enzymes produced and the micro organism is not modified to undertake a task that it was not designed for this process could be likened to artificial insemination where the rate of fertilization is increased. However none of the other characteristics of both the micro organism and its protein are modified in any way that would not occur naturally. " Ecover was looking for an alternative source for its enzymes.
By the way, in the Ethical Consumer guide to washing up liquids, Bio D and Faith in Nature come out best (17 out of 20). Ecover has 11 out of 20.