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Water Saving
EPA Says: Save 10,000 Gallons in 10 Minutes
Did you know that easy-to-fix household leaks could waste at least 10,000 gallons of water per year (and 10 percent of your water bill)?
Saving Water
Drought Or No Drought: Saving Water Is Important Year-Round
Save money and prevent water damage with the same techniques used to preserve the water supply.
Water Saving
Do You Know Where Your House is Wasting Water?
Each year, the average American home wastes more than 10,000 gallons of water on easy-to-fix household leaks.
Saving Money
Stretching Your Family's Dollar Around The Home
Making a few wise purchases now can fatten your pocketbook in the long term - from adjusting heating and cooling systems to switching to soft water so your washing machine and clothing will last longer.
Toilet
A Flush of Exhilaration: Benefits Of High Efficiency Toilets
There are three different technologies available today for high efficiency toilets (HET) designed to help homeowners save water and help the environment.

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Toilet Paper
Save Big by Switching Toilet Paper
While toilet paper might not be the first thing on your mind, switching toilet paper can save you money.
Green Cleaning
Only 44 percent of American Consumers Trust Companies' Green Claims
Humidifier
Crane Cool Mist Humidifiers
These humidifiers are attractive, easy-to-use, safe, and provide needed moisture to dry indoor air and to treat cold and flu symptoms naturally.
Home Repairs
Honey Do's for Happy Homes
Tap the expertise of HousekeepingChannel.com’s contributors to cross things off your honey-do list.
Spring Cleaning
Survey: Love or hate cleaning?
How much do we really like or dislike cleaning?

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Biofilm
Biofilm
More than just gross, that slime is a bacterial fortress.
High Efficiency Washers
High Efficiency Washing Machines
HE washers save significant energy over traditional washing machines by decreasing the amount of water needed per load and shortening drying times.
Bleach
Chlorine bleach
This laundry aid is also an effective disinfectant, but be careful.
Relative humidity
Even humidity is relative.
HEPA
HEPA
A term relating to filter effectiveness. HEPA filtration removes 99.97 percent of all particles 0.3 microns and larger.

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Green Cleaning
Green Cleaning for Dummies
Provides sustainable and healthy solutions for every room in the house - from the kitchen and bathroom to the laundry room and garage.
House Cleaning Tips
How to Clean Practically Anything
Consumer Reports provides hundreds of timesaving solutions for all around the house.
Laundry
Talking Dirty Laundry With The Queen of Clean
Strategies and tips for cleaner laundry from the Queen of Clean that includes a complete stain removal guide.
Cleaning Plain and Simple
Hundreds of solutions for cleaning in and around the home, from the kitchen sink and the barbeque grill to the toilet and the car.
My House Is Killing Me!
A step-by-step approach to identifying, controlling and often eliminating the sources of indoor pollutants and allergens.

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How To Clean a Toilet
The gross-out factor of cleaning a toilet cannot be underestimated—but the gross-out factor of not cleaning a toilet is even worse. Better clean the toilet.
Bathtub
How To Clean a Ring From Your Bathtub
Save hand-washing houseguests the horror of having to stare at a line of dirt and dead skin ringing the bathtub.
Organizing Strategies
How To Organize a Desk
Does your desk look like a robber rifled through it just before a hurricane hit the room? Organize it so that it gets under control and stays that way.
Carpet Cleaning
Special Tools for Green Carpet Cleaning
In this video series, experts Allen Rathey, president of The Healthy House Institute (HHI), Professor Liz Goldsmith of Florida State University (FSU) and University of Massachusetts lab scientist Heidi Wilcox, explain how to remove tough spots and stains from carpet using green cleaning methods. Different carpet types, prevention, home-made and retail green products, and specific green cleaners and tools that work are covered in depth.
Baking Soda
How To Clean With Baking Soda
When it comes to household versatility, baking soda is king. Here are just some of the many cleaning uses for sodium bicarbonate.