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People seek the services of a professional carpet cleaner in order to effectively remove dirt and allergens. Both dirt and allergens can be harmful to everyone in your home. Unfortunately, traditional methods of carpet cleaning often leave harmful chemicals in your carpet. This, therefore, defeats the purpose to remove allergens only to introduce new toxins.

It is for this reason that there has been a growing demand for eco-friendly carpet cleaning solutions. These solutions are not only good for the environment, but they keep you and your family safe. There are several things that eco-friendly professional cleaners do differently.

Avoid Harmful Chemicals

Harmful chemicals have an impact on the environment. Most of them are harmful and can cause serious health problems in the long run. There are two main types of these harmful chemicals that are present in most of the commercial cleaning solutions:

Volatile Organic Compounds: These are compounds that easily turn into vapors. They are introduced into the body as toxins when inhaled. Examples of these chemicals include gasoline, solvents, paints and glue. Short term effects include eye and respiratory irritation, skin allergies and headaches. Long term effects take a toll on the kidney, liver and central nervous system.

Persistent Organic Pollutants: These are pollutants that take long to biodegrade. They can take over a hundred years before they can degrade completely. They can travel a very long distance from their point of origin. They, therefore, have a huge environmental impact far and wide, and they’ll ruin ecosystems far from where the cleaning was initially done. They can affect reproductive, immune and the central nervous system.

Some of the specific toxins found in cleaning solutions include:

Perchloroethylene: A volatile organic compound found in most of the dry cleaning products. It is a possible carcinogen. The most common effect is dizziness. It is also known to cause proper lack of coordination.

Perfluorooctane Sulfonate: This is a Persistent Organic Pollutant (POP). It is known to cause hormone complications.

2-Butoxyethanol: A chemical associated with blood disorders that often causes skin and eye irritations.

Eco-friendly carpet cleaning solutions contain essential oils, enzymes and plant-based active ingredients that are not harmful. These ingredients are safe for both your home and the environment. This, however, does not mean that they are not effective. They can act on stains and dirt as effectively as traditional solutions used for carpet cleaning.

Water conservation:

Eco-friendly professional carpet cleaners are conscious of the fact that traditional methods of cleaning end up wasting a lot of water. Because cleaners with harmful chemicals are used, the amount of water used carries the toxins far and wide. If the cleaners contain POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants) the chemicals are carried far and wide and they often take more than a century to bio degrade.

Eco-friendly solutions use the latest technology to ensure water is conserved. A traditional carpet cleaner needs about 40 gallons of water to clean a regular carpet. The machines they use are not effective enough to effectively pull out all the water that they used to clean. This is how toxins are left on your carpet.

Efficient carpet cleaning machines use less than a quarter of what traditional cleaners typically use. This has several advantages, it reduces the time it takes for the carpet to dry. This means that there is very little risk of accumulation of molds. Also, there are no toxic chemicals left in the carpet. The cleaners use cleaning solutions that are safe and plant based.

There is no reason why you should not seek the services of an eco-friendly carpet cleaner. Eco-friendly cleaning is the best thing you can do for your home, family and the environment that we all treasure.

Written by Tiger Carpet Care, the best carpet cleaning company in Columbia, MO.