When testing and selecting the toilet brushes, we considered hygiene, effectiveness, depth of clean, additional extras, value and colours available. Her husband “is the other way round … He’ll do a full day’s work, travel on the tube, then undress and get into my bed. For a more hygienic clean you can also put toilet cleaner in the bowl and swish your toilet brush around in the clean toilet water to get rid of any bacteria and germs on the toilet brush. However, there are advanced options available such as UV sterilising (number 5) and ventilated holders (number 1). A toilet is the ideal breeding ground for germs and bacteria so you really need to keep it clean and you want to keep your toilet brush clean too.

He points out: “There are dozens of products people use in the shower, each of which has a time debit.Each year thousands of products are put through their paces by hundreds of parents across the country on behalf of MadeForMums, to ensure we’re bringing you honest and true reviews and recommendations. The industry says that chlorine bleach traces are present at such low concentrations in waste waters, that there is no real possibility of the formation of trace toxic by-products. You get a toilet brush, soap dispenser and tumbler which would be a great toothbrush pot all in matt ceramic, available in various colours to go with your bathroom décor. Making sure the drum is full helps, as this reduces friction between clothes, making them shed fewer plastic fibres. Domestic questions that are burning and unanswerable in more or less equal measure are a staple of social media.

Chad Staddon, a resource economist at UWE Bristol who is “interested in people’s behaviours around water”, says he could last two weeks, but his wife prefers a weekly wash. During her teenage years she worked as a play worker and Brownie volunteer to support children's play. If you want to cut out unnecessary packaging and plastic then choosing a refill product is a good way to go. To try to reduce your exposure to chemicals that are present in indoor air, trying to keep your house as dust-free as possible.Although animal testing for finished household products is banned in the UK, lots of companies still use ingredients that are tested on animals. Although animal testing for finished household products has been banned in the UK, lots of companies still use ingredients thatare tested on animals. Several others ( Bio-D, Fill Refill, Miniml, SESI, Sodasan, and Splosh) scored our best rating for stating that all of their palm ingredients, including derivatives, were certified by the RSPO. Access is clearly a factor here, and this may be why the Good Housekeeping Institute replies to say: “Ideally once every three months. Greenscents was certified as palm oil free by the International Palm Oil Free Certification Trademark POFCAP.

We have awarded a whole positive Product Sustainability mark to these companies for offering innovative plastic-free products. Many mainstream toilet cleaner makers portray the toilet bowl as one of the dirtiest places in the house and we need to use these deadly chemicals to keep ourselves safe.

Some people, she says, and my face grows hotter as she says this, have a habit of folding used tea towels as neatly as possible and hanging them on the oven like a good deed.