Green Oven Cleaning - The Eco Way To Degrease

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Sprinkle baking soda evenly over the bottom of the oven. Spray with water from a srpay bottle until the soda is damp. Let stand for 12 hours and then wipe clean with a scrubber sponge.

For really tough grime:

16 oz baking soda
4 Tbs Citra Solv Cleaner and Degreaser concentrate
water

Mix baking soad and concentrate. Add water a little at a time to form spreadable paste. Spread over bottom of oven and let sit for 1-3 hours. Wipe clean and rinse to make sure no residue left behind.

10 Easy Kitchen Tips For a Greener Home

1. Put lids on pots - This speeds up heating, using less energy (consider purchasing a pressure cooker to further speed up cooking)
2. Use the right size pot on the right sized burner
3. Keep stove reflectors clean - this makes sure they are most efficient in their purpose is to amplify heat
4. Let leftovers cool before placing them in fridge
5. Don't open the oven when cooking,  doing so reduces the oven temperature by 25 degrees or more
6. Thaw food in the fridge instead of cooking it from frozen
7. Skip or abbreviate the preheat period
8. Consider a toaster oven for smaller projects
9. Try a convection oven - they are more energy efficient, cutting energy use by 20 percent
10. Minimize your opening and closing for the refrigerator. The Institute of Food and Agriculture Sciences (University of Florida) says that for most families, the careless opening of the fridge wastes enough energy to run their washing machine 50 times.

Remove BPA from Canned Food Linings

GreenPlanet readers. We think its important to use our voices in advocating for environmentally conscience change. We're support EWG's petition demanding the removal of BPA epoxy from canned food linings. The petition reaches more than 75 brands, including Target's Market Pantry and Bush's.

Over the last 20 years, scientists have shown that  bisphenol A, or BPA mimics estrogen, and may therefore lead to a number of serious illnesses, including breast cancer, reproductive damage, developmental problems and heart disease.

Let's put and end to the use of this toxin in food canning and help EWA reach their goal of more than 50,000 signatures!

Sign the petition here: http://action.ewg.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=2151&tag=201506BPAActionFwd

Because there are no federal regulations requiring manufacturers to label their products so that consumers can identify cans with BPA-based linings, it's up to us – American consumers – to take matters into our own hands and demand a change.