My mom bought this “eco” Palmolive dishwasher detergent.  It’s nice that she’s trying to be better at saving the environment… but I’m not sure how “green” this really is. They say it doesn’t contain phosphates.  I don’t even know what phosphates are (a salt of phosphoric acid)!  There are no ingredients listed on the bottle.  That’s a BAD sign. Let’s look into it.  *Does a quick google search*

Not so green.  It contains bleach.  According to this article, which was posted back in March (if only we had read it then!), it’s no good!  They recommend Seventh Generation dishwasher detergent which contains neither phosphates nor chlorine (but I’m not sure if it can be bought at our local store).

My mom tries hard, but she’s not such a good green shopper. We have Seventh Generation toilet paper and paper towels at Market Basket (our local, most inexpensive grocery store),  and she doesn’t buy either.  I complained about the bread she bought today (I think it was bread), and she said “Maybe you should do all the shopping!”  I gladly said “Ok.”  She doesn’t really mean it though.  But seriously, I’d do a good job at doing the grocery shopping.  I look into things like whole grains, fiber, calories, healthy stuff like that.

Update:  I told my mom, and she got really upset.  She thought she was buying something that was good for the environment.  It hasn’t been used, so I’m going to return it, and look for the Seventh Generation one.