One effective way to make your house a safer and more healthful place is to stop using toxic laundry detergents. Commercial laundry products contain synthetic chemicals that can expose people – especially infants and children – to harmful substances. Adding fabric softeners and dryer sheets to the mix increases the risk of chemical exposure even more.

Just as bad, these chemicals – once drained from your washing machine – eventually make their way back into the natural water system. There, they add toxicity to streams, rivers, lakes and oceans, and contribute to the poisoning of whole aquatic ecosystems.

By choosing a laundry alternative and using as few synthetic chemicals as possible, we can greatly reduce our ecological footprint on the planet while also protecting our own health… and that of our families.

Nature’s Alternative to Chemical Detergents
While an increasing number of eco-friendly manufactured laundry products now exist in the marketplace, NO natural laundry product has appeared in the Western world that is 100% manufactured directly by Mother Nature… until now!

The Soap Nut (Sapindus Mukorossi in Latin) is the fruit of the sapindus tree, which is found in abundance at the base of the Himalayas in India and in Nepal. Soap Nut shells contain up to 15% saponin, the active (and all-natural) cleaning ingredient known for its dermatologically sound cleansing abilities.

This humble, natural product can wash with the same level of effectiveness as store-bought detergents and save you money at the same time. After your clothes are rinsed, the Soap Nut saponins that drain from your home eventually to return to the water cycle remain harmless to the environment. There are no synthetic chemicals, no artificial fragrances, no foaming agents or other toxins. Just nut shells grown by nature.

Using Soap Nuts is the best, most eco-friendly laundry choice for you, your family and the environment. Soap Nuts are far superior to the array of chemicals that litter cleaning cupboards in their “protective” over-packaging.

Sustainable, Ethical Harvesting
When you purchase and use Soap Nuts, you’re not only benefiting your health and the environment … you’re also supporting the families in India who sustainably harvest these nuts as a way of life. Picking and shelling Soap Nuts provides employment to poor villagers, and forms a major part of their incomes.

Our supplier in India is a leading exporter engaged in the cultivation and harvesting of Soap Nuts. It’s an organization that’s committed to excellence in operations and quality products that conform to international standards. We chose our supplier specifically because of its commitment to making sure the Soap Nuts are produced under Fair Trade conditions.

This 100% renewable resource, preserved through sustainable agriculture, keeps wild trees in the ground where they belong. Trees begin producing Soap Nuts after nine years, then continue to do so for another 90 years! This makes for a long and sustainable cultivation. The very presence of the trees prevents soil erosion and helps reduce the levels of 'greenhouse gases' in the atmosphere. By switching to Soap Nuts, we help the planet in more ways than one.

Eco-Friendly in Every Way!
Eco-friendly packaging: No fancy retail box for on-the-shelf consumer sales! Just a cotton bag.

Sustainably harvested and processed: When the fruits ripen and fall from the tree, local families harvest the crop, then remove the inner fruit from the outer shell. The shell is then dried in the sun, using absolutely no chemical processing or manufacturing processes.

DISCLAIMER: We make no health claims whatsoever about the use of Soap Nuts, other than to state what they do NOT contain: No synthetic chemicals, pesticides or additives of any kind. ecomart® Guarantees 100% Satisfaction with every purchase.