The arrival of spring often means a proper scrubbing of the house. Instead of using cleaning products containing chemicals that are harmful to the environment and your health, why not turn to environmentally friendly cleaning products? Here's where you can find them in Montreal and make your home a cleaner and greener place!
Located in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood, Coop La Maison Verte is a grocery store and café where you will find everything you need to live in an eco-friendly environment, and even eat healthy every day. The shop is one of the few in the west of Montreal to offer such a large range of products in bulk, including several well-known cleaning brands such as Bio-Green, Nature Clean Benefect, Savon de marseille, Dr. Bronner and Simply Clean. It even shares its own recipes so you can create your own cleaners.
Located in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve neighbourhood, Terre à soi (Earth Itself) is an eco-friendly general store that offers green, often locally sourced, consumer solutions for the modern family. Whether for cleaning a house, cottage or office, a variety of products are on offer: all-purpose cleaners, window cleaners, dish soaps and floor detergents, laundry soap, cleaning supplies, rubbish bags, recycling bags, etc. Some household cleaners are also available in bulk.
Passionate about protecting the environment, Maison Écolonet offers natural products sold in bulk or in bottles that look after your health and the environment. At this shop, you’ll find a range of environmentally friendly, biodegradable and non-harmful household products by recognized brands such as Lemieux. The Maison Écolonet has all of the green cleaning products you might need: degreasers, glass and stainless steel cleaners, disinfectants, neutral floor detergents, floor polish, porcelain cleaning creams, oven cleaners, and much more.
Eco-shop Béco offers a wide range of green products: clothing, accessories, personal care products, furniture and decorative accessories, household cleaning products, toys, baby essentials, and much, much more! When doing the spring cleaning, try using Sapadilla ecological cleaners for the home that smell fantastic, thanks to their pure essential oils.
A landmark in Old Rosemont, le Frigo de Bacchus (Bacchus' Fridge) is a shop with the look of a general store that offers products and beers from here and everywhere. A section is dedicated to beauty products and natural soaps. You'll find green cleaners (including Lemieux products) to do your spring cleaning, as well as tasty refreshments by Quebec microbreweries, for when the hard cleaning work is done.
In the heart of Ahuntsic-Cartierville, L’Escale Verte offers food, body care and environmentally friendly household cleaning products. There’s a wide range of high-quality, EcoLogo certified and non-dyed household products on offer in bulk, such as dish and dishwasher soap, laundry detergent, stain remover, fabric softener, window cleaning fluid and more. All you need to do is bring your reusable containers. And what’s more, when you buy at the store, you’re also contributing to various environmental projects, as the proceeds of its sales are reinvested.
Bric à Vrac is an eco-friendly boutique run by Bulk Environment, a non-profit organization that coordinates environmental initiatives in the Parc-Extension neighbourhood in Montreal. The shop, meanwhile, sells bodycare and housekeeping products for the whole family. So you’ll find all kinds of environmentally friendly cleaning products for the house, and even in bulk. Purchases also help to support the organization and contribute to the development of many environmental projects.
This international chain of budget-friendly stores carries a wide selection of green and eco-friendly cleaners. In fact, their green section continues to grow every year! They currently carry several organic brands, including, ATTITUDE, known for their contaminant-free products that are also safe for babies. Parents love the chemical-free products that still effectively remove stains from baby clothes. There is an entire organic section where you’ll find chemical-free products, made from natural and organic ingredients.
Known for carrying natural and organic foods, this health food store also carries various essential oils to help rid your home of toxins. You can find essential oils to add to your vaporizer or humidifier to purify the air rather than just conceal odours. There are tons of different categories of oils to choose from. You can opt for eucalyptus or Scots pine in the winter, because of their anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties. In summer, lavender, sweet orange or peppermint oils can help purify the air in your home amid the heat and humidity.
This health food mega centre doesn’t only specialize in organic produce! They also carry a huge selection of green personal hygiene products and cleaners for your home. Made only with organic, natural ingredients, everything you find here is chemical-free, and safe to use. You’ll also find eco-friendly school supplies, like stationary and bamboo writing tools. All in all, both the DIX30 location and their online shop carry a huge selection of natural and 100% green products to help you and your family lead a healthier lifestyle in every way.