Green Tips All natural DIY liquid laundry soap – GWC Mag gwcmagSeptember 20, 2023077 views Reduce your carbon footprint and any harmful ingredients with this simple recipe. Shipping all the liquid in a liquid soap uses a lot of energy, so getting the water locally makes this a climate win! 1 bar castile soap1 cup washing soda 1 cup borax 5 gallons water (for liquid soap) Directions: Grate bar of soap with a cheese grater. This is not a necessary step – you can just skip to step 2, but note that it will take a lot longer and use a lot more electricity than grating the bar of soap first. Boil 1 quart water in a pot and add shredded soap. Stir until soap dissolves. Add another quart of water to dissolved soap mixture. Put 2 gallons hot tap water in a 5 gallon bucket. Dissolve borax and washing soda into hot water, then add the liquid soap mixture to the bucket. Add another 2 ½ gallons of water, stirring well. Use 1 cup for full load of laundry, ½ cup for HE washers, and adjust as you see what happens (individual results will vary). Get the Green Living Ideas book in softcover or PDF for as low as $2.99! Please follow and like us: Related About the Author Scott Cooney Scott Cooney is a serial eco-entrepreneur including being the solo founder of Pono Home, HomeEfficiency.com, and CleanTechnica; author of two books; former sustainability consultant with clients including Johnson & Johnson, Eastman Chemical, Wal-Mart, and Duke Energy; former Adjunct teaching the first course in sustainable business in the MBA program at UH Manoa; lover of local, healthy food and especially vegan nachos. Find Scott on Twitter