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If you're a fan of Ecover products and your house is a bit whiffy, you're in for a treat -- the ethical and environmentally friendly company is releasing an eco air freshener.
The product is based on plant extracts and essential oils, and comes in three fragrances: Lavender, Lemontree and Rosegarden. Rather than a block of glass or plastic, the Ecover range comes in a glass jar filled with liquid, topped with a cork and accompanied by a bunch of wooden sticks. You simply place the sticks into the liquid to wick the smell into the air; put more sticks in and the smell is stronger, remove some and it becomes less intense.
“Most conventional products on the market use non-renewable ingredients and synthetic perfumes, and customers want an ecological alternative. Ecover has pioneered products that provide people with an effective ecological alternative and we see room fragrance as a natural extension,” says Clare Allman, marketing manager, Ecover UK. The range is available from Homebase and various independent health food shops, and costs £12.49 -- more than some air fresheners, but at least you don't get that usual smell of mixed chemicals.
As well as making the first phosphate-free laundry powder in 1984 and a plethora of other eco products, Ecover also has an unusually green manufacturing system. It treats all of its own waste water on-site, for example, and reuses cardboard boxes up to 20 times before recycling them.
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