DIY: Make your own cleaning products and detergents from natural ingredients. For many people, this is now a sustainable, ecological and packaging-free alternative to conventional, often chemical cleaners from the supermarket. But what can DIY cleaning products do? For PULS Reportage, Ariane Alter made her own all-purpose cleaners, detergents, etc. and then tested them in practice. MAKE AND TEST SUSTAINABLE CLEANING PRODUCTS AND DETERGENTS YOURSELF Whether it's all-purpose cleaners, bathroom cleaners, glass cleaners or detergents - you don't necessarily have to buy all of these ready-made in the supermarket. A sustainable and packaging-free alternative: simply make your own cleaning products. But do homemade cleaning products and detergents work as well as conventional products? In the PULS Reportage, Ariane Alter gets to the bottom of this. LESS PLASTIC WASTE Chemical cleaners from the supermarket mostly come in plastic packaging, which goes straight into the trash after one use. You can counteract plastic waste with DIY cleaning and laundry detergents, because the household products you need are often available in easily recyclable glass or paper packaging. NATURAL CLEANING PRODUCTS WITHOUT CHEMISTRY Conventional products from the store often contain countless ingredients and a lot of chemicals. For DIY cleaning products, on the other hand, you only need a few ingredients - and you know exactly what's in them. Many people already have some of these ingredients at home. Here are the recipes for Ari's homemade organic laundry and cleaning products. MAKE YOUR OWN WASHING DETERGENT FROM CHESTNUTS: 6 chopped chestnuts 300ml water MAKE YOUR OWN SODA WASHING DETERGENT: 4 tablespoons of washing soda 30g organic soap a few drops of scented oil 2 liters of water MAKE YOUR OWN ALL-PURPOSE CLEANER: 1 teaspoon of baking soda 1 teaspoon of soap 1 dash of lemon juice a few drops of essential oil 250ml warm water MAKE YOUR OWN BATHROOM CLEANER: 3 organic lemons 100ml vinegar essence 400ml water must be soaked for 2 weeks - MAKE YOUR OWN GLASS CLEANER: 250ml bioethanol 250ml water 3 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar Editors: Lisa Altmeier, Hendrik Rack Camera: Christian Hofmann Editing: Christian Mühlbauer, Marion Völker Graphics: Felix Holderer, Daniel Großhans ----------------------------------------------------------- PULS REPORTAGE ON INSTAGRAM Memes, get involved, even more Info: On Instagram, Nadine takes you behind the scenes of PULS Reportage – and Ari and Meini are there too, of course! ► Follow us on Instagram: / pulsreportage THE PULS REPORTAGE PLAYLIST Our playlist contains the songs from the videos. New every week! ► Spotify http://open.spotify.com/playlist/74OF... ► Apple Music / die-ari-meini-playlist ----------------------------------------------------------- Hi! We are Ariane Alter, Nadine Hadad and Sebastian Meinberg from PULS Reportage! In our videos, we investigate exciting questions every week and like to start self-experiments. There is a new PULS Reportage every Wednesday at 3 p.m.! ► Follow Nadine on Instagram: / nadine_hadad ► Experience Sebastian's self-experiments live: / heinz.wescher Write to us in the comments what moves you – we'll dare to do the self-test and try it out for you! ----------------------------------------------------------- PULS is the young content network of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation. ► Facebook: / puls ► Twitter: / puls_br ► Instagram: / dein_puls ► Website: http://www.deinpuls.de