Carbon Footprint journal (4)

For the past few weeks I have not changed a lot more my habits than what I did at the beginning of the experience. I keep eating less meat and more fresh vegetables and fruits. Most of the time I travel by train when I do a long distance journey through France.

Best practice

Ecodoo hand-washing liquid can be considered as one of the top best practices in terms of hand-washing liquids because it is made from natural raw material only.But the packaging remains in plastic...
So for those who want to get and make a hand-washing liquid 100% natural here is the formula:
- sodium biocarbonate : 2 spoons 
- black paste soap : 3 spoons
- washing soda : 3 spoons - 1 liter of boiling water 
- 1 salad bowl
Poor in a salad bowl the sodium biocarbonate, the black paste soap and the washing soda.
Mix all of the ingredients together.
Poor the boiling water on top of it.

Mix the paste to get a smooth paste.

Keep the paste at room temperature for 2 hours.

your home made hand-washing liquid is ready to be used. It is 100% natural. It does not lather but clean as much as any hand-washing liquids bought at the grocery store.

Life cycle assessment (2)

Using the EIO LCA tool, we can take further the analysis of the life cycle assessment of the choosen product. Indeed, the EIO LCA tool calculate the impact of our product on the biosphere and the atmosphere. Below is the chart for the PAIC Citron or at least for a product that belongs to the sector of polish and other sanitation good manufacturing. We can see that the PAIC Citron does not have a significant effect on the atmosphere but does on the biosphere. It has the worth effects on woods and fishes.

This due to the fact that the PAIC Citron like other hand-washing cleaning liquids goes into the waste water. And most waste waters do not go through a sewage treatment plant but goes directly into the rivers. 

This is why the chemicals that are contained into the PAIC Citron have to be as ecofriendly as possible to make the least impacts on the environment.
The packaging of the PAIC Citron which is a plastic bottle could also be more ecofriendly. For example, the plastic that makes the packaging shoud be entirely recycled from an other plastic product.