Chemical-free dishwashing detergent has proven to be my nemisis – until now! I’ve tried SO many different natural detergents and it was really becoming a drudgery. Then I found an extremely helpful review by Eco Child’s Play. They confirmed my experience with the Planet and Ecover brands, which was only marginal.
One of their favorites was Smarty Tabs by Method, so I ran right out to Target and grabbed a little pink box for myself. I ran the dirtiest possible load of dishes and I was thoroughly impressed with its cleaning effectiveness!
As you can see, my silverware basket was jam-packed and yet everything, even those knives covered with sticky peanut butter, still came out clean.
No water spots and no residue make for a fantastic non-toxic dishwasher detergent! I couldn’t be happier with my Smarty Tabs 
[Method Product Description]
Smarty Dish Detergent – Pink Grapefruit: all the sparkle, none of the toxins
Finally, a non-toxic dishwasher detergent that really works. Fully loaded with naturally derived, biodegradable ingredients, smarty dish doses clean dirty dishes without dirty chemicals, like phosphates and bleach. No dirty chemicals means no nasty stuff down the drain (and no dirty conscience). Smarty gets rid of baked-on food and grease as well as, and sometimes better than, the leading brands (it took us a few tests that told us so). All without the toxic stuff that a lot of the other guys use. So we think smarty deserves extra credit. And we might put one of those “my kid is an honor student” bumper stickers on our car. But that’s just us.
