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The type of toilet paper you choose has a definite impact on the environment; and many toilet paper products have misleading labeling. Millions of trees are destroyed each day to make toilet tissue. Find out how to be more earth friendly when wiping your butt :)
Some mouthwashes can contain nasty chemicals such as formaldehyde, sodium lauryl sulfate, polysorbate and fluoride. What you don't accidentally swallow, just winds up in the environment, in particular, waterways.
It may sound icky, but given the tens of thousands of tons of toothbrushes discarded each year, more attention needs to be paid to recycling and repurposing these common household items.
Store bought disinfectants used in cleaning can contain all sorts of nasty chemicals. Making your own environmentally friendly disinfectant is very cheap and quick to do!