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Using grey water for watering veggies?

We have our sink set up to catch grey water (ONLY water and ecover washing up Liquid, nothing else) and wondered if anyone here had experience of using grey water in their veggie garden?
I am asking this question directly to Ecover as well but wanted some input from other gardeners. As a eco friendly common bug is soap and water would it be safe to use my washing up water on the plants in my green house?
What are your thoughtss?
EDIT: To clarify, yes it is a kitchen sink. The plates are scraped then dunked in a little hot (plain) water to remove the worst of the grease (this water then goes onto my dogs dry food The dishes are then washed as normal. The water goes directly from the sink to a bucket under the sink so no pipe work involved (no sewage risk). The plants in the greenhouse are all veggies waiting to be planted outside in a couple of weeks so nothing should build up in containers.
I think I covered everything Crooect me if I AM wrong please

As long as there is not too much grease in the water from the dishes, it will be fine. The grease can make the soil less able to take up water and nutrients. But yes, you can use it on your vegetables.
Are you collecting rainwater also?

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Is Dish Soap Safe For Washing Hands With?

Many people I know use dish soap to wash their hands as well. I wanted to know if it is ok to do so because it is made for washing dishes and not.. well hands. There are some dish soaps that say it is also used for washing hands like Palmolive Antibacterial so I already know about those kinds.

Yes, any liquid dish soap is suitable for washing your hands. Soap is anti-bacterial to begin with…….that is why it’s soap! It washes your hands, therefore gets rid of bacteria. Liquid dish soap is formulated for skin contact because….well, you use your hands to do dishes. There are definitely those out there that are more mild on hands, but you just have to find what ones that don’t irritate or dry out your skin. It’s a wonder that people trust liquid dish soap to clean their dishes (on which they put food that ends up in their mouths and bodies) but doesn’t trust it to wash hands……hmmm.

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Using Natural Fruit Essence Vs. Chemical Powder To Wash And Make Soap

In India and Nepal vegetable natural soaps have been used for centuries and they also have a lot of benefits when they are used to wash your clothing. Let’s put them in comparison.

Natural soaps practically grow up on and are extracted from trees. This is a kind of fruit made up of a structure called Sapinidus and they don’t contain any trace of chemical substance, dye, or any other artificial fragrance at all. The Sapinidus grows up in tropical regions, where the weather is always very hot and humid. These trees are located mainly in India, Indonesia, Nepal and other south-east Asia countries.
They are quite easy to use and especially very safe in the long term protection both of your body and of the nature.

A comparative research of the two industrial detergent typologies can surely give us a clear map of what a natural soap, only made of natural ingredients, coming from fruit, can offer speaking about cleaning. We start from some disadvantages of most of the chemical detergents (if not chosen with care).

Chemical detergents: these washing powders or even used for other hygienic or cleaning applications, they are mainly constituted by chemical substances and toxins which if not controlled can deeply impact on the environment on the long period. In fact, if most of the detergent products are of low quality (particularly the low cost ones) and they can contain synthetic dyes that could install themselves inside the laundry even after the rinse and in the long period, getting in touch with the skin, they can also be dangerous for the human body. In addition if the chemical detergent is exposed to solar light, it evaporates, causing an unhealthy air, not suitable to be breathed.
Some detergents, and unfortunately it is always more common, can contain enzymes famous to cause eczemas and psoriasis. Then, if it is inhaled by air, the sodium hypochlorite (contained in a lot of low quality detergents) can cause pulmonary irritation and skin and eyes troubles. In addition to this, a chemical based product can cause the precocious usury of clothes, because it is very aggressive on them and on clothes’ fibers.
To clean surfaces and floors, these detergents are usually used with some abrasive discs, which increase their cleaning power, their efficiency but also the erosive effect; if not under strict control, the combined use of these two cleaning agents can conspicuously ruin even the stronger and more resistant surfaces.

Natural detergents: soap of natural origin, extracted from fruit, doesn’t contain any chemical substances or toxins; this is because they already have inside a natural chemical essence called Saponin. This is present in a quite high concentration (about 10- 18%) and it acts just like a natural detergents, when it comes in touch with the water. Naturally all these products are 100% biological and so far totally biodegradable. Furthermore they contain a natural enzyme that acts as an anti-bacterial agent and it defeats harmful microorganisms.
Last but not least, natural soap used to do the laundry doesn’t damage clothes and it also protects the color fibers.

This was a brief comparison between low quality chemical detergents and natural soaps for the laundry and the house cleaning. So far, when you choose a product to clean your house, be very careful on where the production of the detergents is made and also to their chemical composition, if you want to protect yourself and your family, the future generations and obviously the environment.

This article was written by Michele De Capitani with support from prodotti detergenti for any information, please visit prodotti abrasivi or for insurance visit prodotti pulizia industrial.

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