Lemon Halves

After cutting a lemon in half and extracting the juice from it, save the lemon halves for cleaning. You can cut a cutting board with salt and use the lemon halves like a spongy cleaning brush. The salt will work as an abrasive and the lemon juice has antibacterial properties. Put them in an attractive bowl with a lid on it and leave it in the fridge. That way it won't look trashy or aesthetically displeasing, but you'll have an affordable and healthy way of cleaning. You can even fill the bottom of the bowl with a thin layer of salt for convenience. You can use the lemon halves several times, possibly up to a week before discarding.

Buy Concentrated Soaps and Cleaners

Go to the 99 cent store and buy a spray bottle for your cleaner. Add concentrated soap or cleaner and fill the bottle up with water as instructed. Less packaging means less waste. But often times you also save money this way, too, as well as time because you aren't running back to the drugstore to replace your cleaning products. My personal favorite is Dr. Bonner's magic soap. I use it as an all purpose cleaner, as well as for hand soap and to hand wash my delicates. You can use this marvelously versatile product as a body wash, shampoo, bubble bath, toothpaste, laundry detergent, facial pack, dish soap, and all purpose cleaner!