Method Home Cleaning Products

I just found your products at target and i purchased several products i love them and whats better is my daughter loves the smell so she wil clean. i love they are not animal tested and so on . thanks so much alice

How do method products compare to Seventh Generation as far as cleaning, price, and what it is made out of?

Method is extremely vague ont their labels about what their products contain. The liquid hand soaps, which do list ingredients, contain sls, to which I am EXTREMELY allergic. That being said, the tub and tile and all purpose cleaners work very well, whatever is in them, although they do leave my hands itchy. I'm wondering the same thing the previous poster is, WHAT IS IN THEM????

yes, what are the ingredients? I've searched their site and the only thing they claim is that they are phosphate free and use some synthetic oils/fragrances with natural ones. not a thing about what's in them. however very different than Shaklee who believes the public should know up front! also "clean" does not have a smell... as neither should air or water.

Method Products are sketchy at best. What is the difference between, for example, Tide Free laundry detergent and Method's detergent? Both claim to be biodegradable and phosphate free. Neither list their ingredients, but Method's costs more! Why pay more?

Method claims they use only "naturally derived ingredients." So how about the artificial colors in their dish detergent? And their foaming agents? Are there enzymes like EDTA in there?

Method is clearly a "light green" brand catering to fashion-conscious types than any sense of environmental consciousness...

Method now posts the ingredients for all their products on their website (no HTML skillz, sorry), according to the faq there:
http://methodhome.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/methodhome.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php.

why pay more..Crossrock..are you kidding me??? Because t DO NOT test on animals unlike most of your other products. Anything by Proctor & Gamble oh and Johnson & Johnson tests on animals. That is why you should pay more. Unless you just don't care then go ahead and get the Tide.

I'm outraged that Method is posing to be an environmentally friendly product when they spend so much of their efforts on prettifying packaging AND PARTIAL natural ingredients. It's a brand faking its way into the Green Line.

Yes it's true. They use DMDM Hydantoin (formeldahyd) in their handwashes :( but on the other hand - why can't the companies that produce 100% all natural, truly non-toxic products put some effort into nice packaging? It's true that visual things sell - it certainly won't hurt them. Otherwise we might as well buy stuff in grey boxes with plain labels and a price tag.

Have you seen the bottles that Dr. Bronner's soaps come in? I know in the end it's just packaging but, come on now.

try punching in their products in the www.cosmeticdatabase.com, it is an not entirely pleasant surprise ...

I love Method products. I use their grapefruit all purpose cleaner for everything in my home. I won't purchase chemical filled cleaning products anymore when these work just as well and I can have a clear conscience. :)

How can someone be outraged that they put effort into package design? Even the so-called plain packages have a lot of money put into creating a simple look to seem more natural or inexpensive. Unless you're buying a local homemade product, I can guarantee you there is a lot of thought and $$$ behind the design. I think we should be grateful that an eco-friendly product is going mainstream, rather than tearing them apart for petty reasons.

I love the method products,
me and my family started using them when we found them at target and they are amazing.
It gives me that one step closer to saving the earth.

Ladies... All of those 'Green' products ALL contain 'some' (being the operative word here)chemicals. Just go & check out everyone's contain list, you will notice, Method is acutally the least of them all. When it comes to the use of EDTA.. since EDTA is not degraded or removed during conventional wastewater treatment, I don't think they can claim it to be bio-degradable if they do contain such. Not to mention it is an ingrident that needs to be listed sine it has minor side effect on human (while tested in lab on animal). when it comes to synthetic oils/fragrances, there are some fragrances that just can't be collected from Mother nature, such as lotus. Granted, it will be nice for them to use all natural fragrances, but while they trying to keep the cost down in order for general population to purchase the product, something got to give. Synthetic oils/gragrances are usually a sub & WAY cheaper.

Just remember this... you pay more to the company who makes the product to use better ingridents so they don't have to test on animal to make sure you won't have a reaction to it!

7th Generation (http://www.seventhgeneration.com/upload/photos/214Laundry_Liquid_FreeClear_MSDS.pdf)

Mrs. Meyer's (http://www.mrsmeyers.com/SubCategoryDetail.aspx?CategoryId=e6c6bd98-f4b0-4804-8c38-99b700cd954f)

Method (http://www.methodhome.com/products.php?cat=type&type=laundry&prod=HE_compatible_laundry_detergent&name=he32oz_fclear)

Most of there product contain Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS): skin irritant. It is rapidly absorbed and retained in the eyes, brain, heart, and liver, which may result in harmful long-term effects. SLS could retard healing, cause cataracts in adults, and keep children’s eyes from developing properly. In fact, studies have shown that washing your hair one time with a shampoo containing Sodium Lauryl Sulfate could put as many nitrates into your bloodstream as eating a whole pound of bacon. And that is just ONE application. Molecular weight of SLS is 40 (Ingredients with a molecular weight of 75 or lower enters our blood stream)

There are better choices.. just because they were featured on Oprah, doesen't mean it's a great product.

I started using Method products a few years ago when they first came out in Target and we consumers didn't have a lot of options for safe products, there are many more options now and I'd like some suggestions for hand soaps that don't contain SLS please. . . . .does anyone have thoughts on hand soaps carried at Trader Joes?

I'm sooooo confuuuused...is the consensus that they're green, and cool, but have toxics in their vaguely-listed ingredients, that they're lite-green, better than conventional but worse than 7th Gen, Ecover..?

I love yur products and can hardly wait for each new editoin. Not only is the product good , the packaging is also very attractive.

I am in complete agreement with those of you who have noticed that Method's ingredients are partial natural at best and agree with crossrock who refers to them as a “light green” brand.

I use seventh generation cleaning products and recently decided that I would give Method products a try. I was appalled however to find that they contain artificial ingredients and at that moment any desire I had to try their products was completely lost.

Too many of you are putting emphasis on the design of the bottle or the color of the product. Personally, I could care less about the packaging of my cleaning products whether green or not since they are kept under the sink. But even for those of you who are lured into buying their products because of the
“pretty” packaging, aren’t the contents of the product and its safety more important? Remember that the “cool” colors of their cleaning products are the result of something that is anything but healthy or natural but rather the result of artificial additives.

How can a company such as this that is so pro green living and labels so many chemicals found in cleaning agents and personal care products as toxic, add artificial colors to their products? In my opinion this is a huge contradiction.
They claim that their products are non-toxic, but artificial colors are associated with so many negative health affects. Frankly, the term non-toxic is defined to loosely and is used to often. There are so many products out there that claim to be non-toxic but contain chemicals with questionable health effects.

Companies can play word games with us to make us believe that their products are safe, non-toxic, or natural. Method for example labels their products as "naturally-derived" which can be misleading. I don't care if there are natural ingredients in the product. A product containing artificial ingredients should not be labeled as natural in my opinion.

I have been doing a lot of research on what exactly is safe to use..I have always loved the Method brand and own a few of my own items...But you do have to look at the ingredients..For example..their hand washes are really bad..As bad as any other on the shelves not even claiming to be GREEN. But there bar soap is completely GREEN!! You just have to look and know what you are looking for..

I thought the Method products were natural and safe until I started researching further. I actually found a great website to look up ingredients and find all of the effects of them. Also on this website, there are a lot of good products that are actually pure and natural. I looked up those ingredients as well.

www.innatesolutions.mionegroup.com

Want a natural, chemical free cleaner for cheap? Try baking soda, vinegar and lemon juice.

:)

good ol' vinegar and baking soda. for those of you who are sooooo concerned with your cleaning products why would you have anything else under your sinks? not only does it clean well and clear out your sinuses, once its dry everything smells like nothing--clean! its brilliant! and no need to be outraged by pretty packaging or high cost...

"Want a natural, chemical free cleaner for cheap? Try baking soda, vinegar and lemon juice."

You mean sodium bicarbonate, acetic acid and citric acid. It's all chemicals.
Rather you should aim for products that contain proven non-toxic compounds...such as baking soda, vingegar and lemon juice.

I think that we are confusing two different things. Just because a company puts SLS and other chemicals in their product doesn't make their product 'lite green,' it just means that they're not 'natural.'

Those two things don't always go hand in hand. If the company offers a concentrated product, recycled and minimal packaging, reusable materials, and has eco-friendly practices regarding transportation, office waste, etc.... then they are a "green" company that offer "green" products.

If a company offered a product free of all chemicals and simply sold vinegar, baking soda, and lemon juice, but shipped it from Timbuktu on a freighter they would be offering a "natural" product, but not a "green" product.

I for one could care less about the chemicals, that hand has been dealt for me as far as I'm concerned. But I appreciate method for creating quality cleaning products and making strides toward sustainability where it makes sense.

We need to get off of our "more green than you neener neener" high horse and realize that the first step is positive incremental change in the way we use earth's resources.

Those expecting total change will be disappointed.

Mr. Green Gear and Orly make so much sense. Thank you for contributing your wise, reasonable thoughts on this.

Hi.

There is a company that doesn't just sell powerful green cleaning products; they are a green company themselves. They recycle 1 ton of cardboard every day, have planted close to a million trees, are partners with a Nobel Peace Prize winner and they are the 1st company in the country to be EPA certified CLIMATE NEUTRAL!

That company is Shaklee. I've used he products for close to 15 years. My cleaning person told me that my house is the only house she cleans that doesn't make her sick!

Shaklee is as natural as possible. Doctors could never comprehend that my son's only asthma trigger was colds and a fever - that's because my indoor air quality was so safe.

I love the products so much, I became an independent distributor; after all these years of just being a customer.

Please feel free to email me. If you want the greenest products out there from a company that lives what it preaches;

Or if you need help purifying the air in your home for an allergy or asthma sufferer;

Or if you would also like to earn $500, $1,000 or $5,000 or more per month having a ton of fun recommending products you love. To me, this is not work, it is a passion and I've never had a better job. My M.B.A. hasn't gotten me as far or as happy as my Shaklee career/mission.

Warm Regards,
Alison