I’m nowhere near the level of Instagram cleaning extraordinaire Mrs Hinch, but I do like a clean house.

Until this challenge, I’d always just picked up the cheapest products in the supermarket. Not that eco I realised, especially when I started to research the toxic ingredients in my cleaners.

So, I replaced all the stuff in my cleaning cupboard with products from Ecover, who champion plant-based and biodegradable ingredients to reduce the impact on aquatic life.

The range includes everything from toilet cleaner to floor soap and only contain naturally-derived active ingredients that use less energy and water, which made it easy to clean my whole house and feel good about doing it.

The oven and hob cleaner cut through almost 18 months of grime on our oven door (don’t act like you clean your oven regularly) while the multi-action spray made our tap as shiny as the Queen’s silverware.

Everything was left smelling clean, rather than overpoweringly artificial, and I slept in the softest pyjamas thanks to Ecover’s Gardenia and Vanilla Fabric Softener.

When eco-friendly products clean this well, I can’t see my self switching back to my old ways.

I tried to be kinder to the planet for a week and this is what happened