# 9 Green Air Freshener Ideas

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2019/03/9-green-freshener-ideas/
- Published: 2019-03-22T18:14:21-04:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

So often there are questions about what are better air freshener ideas and whether
air fresheners you buy are better than toxic aerosols.

As [Green Living Tips](https://web.archive.org/web/20170708111727/https://www.greenlivingtips.com/articles/green-air-fresheners.html)
Reports:

_(originally published April 2007, last updated December 2013)_

Let’s all admit it. I mean I have used air fresheners. However, I’ve even been an
abuser of that air freshener. My cleaning cupboard had more air freshener varieties
than you can poke a stick at. However, and more importantly, I was fooling my nose.
As well as, I was also poisoning myself and the wider environment. There are certainly
greener ways to keep nasty smells at bay.

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The air fresheners you buy in the supermarket do not destroy odors, but simply mask
them. They create a coating on your nasal membranes that fool your brain into thinking
that the smell has gone. As for those air fresheners that claim to kill bacteria.
Well our bacteria paranoia is leading us to kill good bacteria. All the while creating
strains of drug resistant bad bacteria. So while anti-bacterial air fresheners have
their place. More noteworthy, they should really be limited to hospital environments
in most cases.

Here are nine ideas.

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