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Matt Hickman

Green cleaning comes Full Circle

On the hunt for a few good kitchen cleaning tools? Look no further than Full Circle's line of brushes and sponges made from biodegradable and renewable materials.
Fri, Feb 05 2010 at 10:07 AM EST
Read more: GREEN CLEANING, GREEN PRODUCTS, HOME IMPROVEMENT, KITCHEN

Photo by Full Circle
If there’s one day of the year that thousands of pigskin-passionate folks wake up to complete messy kitchen terror, it’s the Monday after Super Bowl Sunday. Sloppy chili stains, dirty beer steins, and soiled chip n’ dip bowls can all be cleaned up with a little elbow grease and the appropriate cleaning product (sometimes something as simple as white vinegar can do the trick) but it helps to have the right cleaning tools to really do the job right.
 
If the scrubbers, brushes, and sponges that you normally use to tackle such unsightly messes have seen better days, here's a few eco-friendly options that will add a dash of style to humdrum countertops: ergonomic clean-up tools from Full Circle.
 
The range good-looking and long-lasting Full Circle products — Laid Back Dish Brush, Laid Back Dish Sponge, Suds Up Dish Brush, Suds Up Dish Sponge, High & Dry Scrub Brush, the Ring Vegetable Brush, Grip Pot Scrubber, Flip Loofah Sponge, Scoop Sponge, Squeeze Cellulose Cloths, Slice Cleaning Mitt, and In the Buff Cleaning Towels — are all made in an eco-friendly manufacturing process from renewable and biodegradable materials like bamboo, plant-based cellulose, post-consumer recycled plastic bristles, and Bonterra, a plant-based plastic.
 
 
By Full Circle estimates, if each American household tosses one plastic scrub brush each year, 120 million of ‘em will be landfilled — so it certainly helps to have a few in the mix that naturally biodegrade instead of sit around for a 1,000 plus years.
 
Full Circle cleaning tools cost from $4.49 to $7.99 and are available online and at numerous brick and mortar specialty stores. Now get cleanin'...
 
 
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