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• Hazardous Waste

  Household Hazardous Waste Products

  Look around your home for these items that tend to become household hazardous waste. Plus, try a few recipes for homemade alternatives.
• Cosmetics

  Understanding the Role of Preservatives in Household Products

  This article describes the role preservatives play in a product's life cycle, where preservatives are found, and how manufacturers choose preservatives and set preservative levels.
• Asthma And Allergies

  How to Reduce Allergens in Your Home

  Complete avoidance may be difficult, but simple steps can be taken to reduce exposure.
• Carpet And Rug Institute

  Carpet and Rug Institute's Seal of Approval Goes "Green"

  CRI adds Green Vacuum Cleaners and Green Cleaning Certification.
• Indoor Air Quality

  HEPA & ULPA Vacuum Filters - What They Can & Can't Do for IAQ

  It’s unwise to think that super filters will solve IAQ problems that originate elsewhere.
• Green Living

  Winter Green - Living More Sustainably in Winter

  When it comes to living green, especially during winter, people are often struck with the paralysis of analysis. But every little bit helps; even minor changes in the home and workplace can positively impact sustainability.
• Indoor Air Quality

  Simple Steps To Improve Indoor Air

  Homeowners can take a number of steps to improve air quality and create a healthier living environment.
• Cleaning Science

  Ring Around the Carpet

  Discover how soil-filtration lines develop and how to address them.
• Vacuum Cleaners

  One More Reason to Get a Quality Vacuum Cleaner

  After learning about dust mites, you too, may want to see if your vacuum cleaner is a CRI certified product.
• Green Cleaning

  Weighing Green Products

  Do they work? Are they affordable?
• Child Safety

  Childproofing: Protect Your Family's Breathable Air

  Indoors and outdoors, here are steps you can take to protect your children.
• Green Cleaning

  Tips for Healthier Cleaning

  How to reach tip-top clean with less caustic chemicals.
• Vacuuming

  Vacuum Cleaner Testing at Consumer Reports

  When Consumer Reports talks, people listen.
• Asthma And Allergies

  Asthma-Friendly Cleaning Products

  Frequent cleaning is so important for an asthma sufferer's respiratory health. But how do you know which products to use?
• CRI

  Olympic Cleaning? Has Your Vacuum Been Awarded a Gold, Silver or Bronze?

  Check the Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) for top performers in soil removal, indoor air quality and carpet protection.
• Vacuuming

  Eight Myths of Vacuuming

  Are you an informed consumer? Consider these eight myths, and corresponding truths, about vacuuming.
• Smoke

  Smoke Damage - A Menace to Civilization: What to Do?

  Where there's fire, there's usually smoke. Although experts do their best to contain a fire, they are all but helpless in controlling the billowing clouds of smoke that fire creates. What can you do once the damage has been done?
• Stone

  Stone Care Made Easy

  Simple steps to natural stone care will keep it looking beautiful for many years.
• Cleaning Science

  Why the Browning After Carpet Cleaning?

  The Association of Specialists in Cleaning and Restoration explains cellulosic browning.
• Green Cleaning

  Green Cleaning for Guys

  Room-by-room green cleaning and sustainable living tips for men (and women too).

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