10 Easy Cleaning & Organizing Sustainable Swaps for the Kitchen
Dive into deep cleaning in a sustainable, non-toxic kind of way. We sifted through the harsh chemicals, and put together a cheat sheet highlighting a few of the cleanest products + brands on the market, available at our shop.
Our favorites for kitchen cleaning & organizing:
Long Handle Dish Brush
Reduce your plastic waste in style with the bamboo long handle dish brush. For scrubbing pots, plates and those hard to reach places. The vegetable bristle top is compostable and biodegradable.
Sustainability Practices:
Made of bamboo and stainless steel
Replaces single use plastics
Replaceable head
Compostable/biodegradable
All-Purpose Cleaning Wipe Dispenser & Refills
The award-winning, patented wipes dispenser. Designed to work with any of our refill packs, the One-Wipe Pull™ spout provides a clean tear each and every time. Hidden magnets and silicone gaskets ensure an airtight seal, keeping your wipes fresh for the long haul.
Simply load, feed the first wipe, and refill as needed.
Sustainability Practices:
Healthier alternative to Clorox Wipes
100% plant-based, biodegradable
Made with zero plastics and 100% natural ingredients, because you shouldn’t have to wash your hands after using something that’s supposed to leave your space cleaner.
Waffle Dish Towel, Set of 2
Generously sized, loose knit towel, quick to dry and resistant to shrinkage. Absorbency and softness increases with each wash
Sustainability Practices:
Natural, durable material
Loofah & Wood Pulp Sponge, Pack of 3
A generic plastic-based sponge takes approximately 52,000 years to decompose. This natural sponge is an easy eco-friendly kitchen swap- perfect for cleaning your dishes.
Sustainability Practices:
- Plant-Based
- Free of all plastics, petrochemicals and other coatings
- Hand-sewn with cotton thread instead of plastic glues or adhesives
Multi-Purpose Veggie Brush
This USDA Biobased certified Multi-Purpose Veggie Scrub Brush is designed to clean your veggies and fruit effectively and naturally using only renewable, plant-based materials.
Sustainability Practices:
USDA organic bamboo
The Multi-Purpose Veggie Brush features a thoughtfully crafted handle made from USDA certified organic bamboo and arrives in plastic-free packaging.
Bamboo Soap Shelf
*Pairs well with our dish soap block!* A bathroom and kitchen essential to assist in your swap from plastic soap dispensers to bar soap. This soap dish is large enough to hold dish soap bars and small enough to keep your bath soap from sliding around. With raised edges and slats, your soap will stay in place and dry easily.
Sustainable Practices:
100% bamboo
BAUM Glass & Wood Airtight Canister
BAUM is a heat-resistant glass canister with a wooden lid made of acacia. The gently curving form is comfortable to hold, and the lid is designed so that canisters stack stably. It comes with a silicone ring for tight sealing and is ideal for storing dried foods.
Sustainability Practices:
Made of Sustainable Materials
Brand ships carbon neutral, conscious about choosing eco-friendly materials for creation of products, committed to improving and reducing environmental impacts.
Soapply Liquid Hand Wash
Crafted with clean, non-toxic ingredients these refillable hand soaps will soon be your go-to sustainable staple for your home.
Sustainability Practices:
2x concentrated formula saves water and packaging waste
Plant based, cruelty free and vegan
7 clean ingredients
Free of chlorine, synthetic perfumes, dyes, petrochemicals and brighteners
Pot & Pan Scrubber
This sustainable swap helps you replace plastic pot scrubbers in the kitchen! This heavy duty scrub brush has a solid wood handle, with stiff plant fiber bristles.
Sustainability Practices:
Solid Wood Handle
Plant fiber bristles
Replaces plastic pot scrubber
Reusable Paper Towels, Set of 10
Created by the brand Mioeco, keep these on your counter as a paper towel replacement. Waffle like texture, washes great, and are absorbent. Machine wash, tumble dry.
Sustainability Practices:
- 100% organic cotton
- Replace paper towels with a sustainable, reusable unpaper towel
- Compostable
We have more sustainable swaps, cleaning tools and products, and organization goods on the site to explore, for all your cleaning needs! Reach out with any questions, especially if you’re in need of something specific! We’d love to chat, and take suggestions on what cleaning tools and products to carry in the future. Happy cleaning!
About the Author
Jaclyn Tracy is the founder of SISTAIN. Her goal is to make a greater difference by educating, activating and making sustainable consumerism not only easier, but aspirational. She believes success is in the collective impact, getting a whole group of people to change their behavior by committing to choosing sustainable brands, less waste and imperfect progress.
