Over the summer I attended four meetings held at various lakes around Rotorua and the big issue that continues to confront us is the amount of phosphates and nitrogen present in our lakes. While RDC and EBOP are doing a fabulous job putting in sewerage systems I believe we should still be trying reduce the nutrients we introduce at source.
Most of the cleaning products available have phosphates in them so the easiest thing to do is start reading labels and pick some that are plant based and phosphate free. There are about 1/2 doz of these on our supermarket shelves and a number are NZ made.
I buy them because they work and to me they smell so much nicer. I started with laundry liquid then dishwasher powder and washing liquid. Now I also use phosphate-free handwash and toilet cleaner, there really are plenty of choices.
Next time you are doing the shopping try the one that's on sale and see what you think.
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