Some reasons to go green

Going green doesn't have to be all or nothing. Making even small changes in your every day life can have an enormous positive impact on the environment and make your home safer for your family.

Take how you clean - something most of us do often.

You may have thought about green cleaning before, but worried it would be more expensive, involve a lot more elbow grease or not do the job. But green cleaning doesn't have to mean shopping at expensive specialty stores, messy concoctions of vinegar and baking soda, or settling for less than stellar cleaning results.

Wal-Mart Canada's recent launch of its own line of environmentally preferable cleaning products, called the GreenLine, shows just how far green cleaning has come. The line is mainstream, effective, affordable, easy to find and, most importantly, certified to be safer for the environment and your family.

Available in every one of Wal-Mart Canada's 299 stores nationally, from the Yukon to Newfoundland, the GreenLine is effective and priced less than most conventional cleaning products. Certified by Environmental Choice's EcoLogo program, North America's most widely recognized and respected certification of environmental leadership, you can be sure the GreenLine is safe for your family and the environment.

"Our aim is to provide customers with a practical and affordable way to green their homes without making trade-offs," said Sylvain Prud'homme, senior vice president of merchandising for Wal-Mart Canada. "We don't believe customers should have to choose between products they can afford and products that are environmentally friendly. Making quality green products more accessible and affordable for all of our customers is one of the ways we're trying to help people save money so they can live better."

Wal-Mart Canada carries a wide range of other environmentally preferable cleaning products and cleaning aids such as reusable cleaning cloths, biodegradable garbage bags and recycled paper towels.

- News Canada