Palmolive Eco

Colgate-Palmolive (CL) recently launched what is calls the first mass marketed dishwasher detergent to be phosphate free.   Palmolive Eco began appearing on store shelves last month and offers consumers a more eco-friendly choice from a long time mass market brand, Palmolive.

The new dishwasher detergent is available in three scents, Lemon Splash, Citrus Apple Splash and Lavender Splash and comes in 45, 75 and 120 oz bottles. 

Sustainable is Good Products tested the new Palmolive Eco Lemon Splash.  We found the product to be effective in doing its job of cleaning dishes.  However we did not find the Lemon Splash scent appealing.  During our tests our kitchen smelled like a commercial cleaner was in use rather than a more eco-friendly product. 

The issue we encountered with the scent was unexpected and was enough for us to conclude we wouldn't opt to use the product.

That said, Palmolive Eco is certainly a better choice for people than using standard conventional dishwashing detergents with phosphates and other harmful chemicals.  Perhaps with some continued work on the formulation the product will continue to evolve into a good sound choice.

Palmolive Eco is available at grocery stores nationwide.

Comments

[Jenny]

Any real green product will list its ingredients. Ecover does this. Seventh Generation does this.

Palmolive Eco does not. Why? Because the product has chlorine bleach, but you'd only know that if you read the warning on the bottom of the back label.

They are misleading consumers.