Spending money to buy the environment: The Small Green Consumer, which has been translated by the Green Consumer Foundation, points out that a claim to be a "green detergent" can mean many different things. Some brands have simply replaced the phosphates, whereas others have really made substantial changes to the ingredients.
花錢買環保綠色消費者基金會綠色圖書館翻譯出版的《小小綠色消費者》一書中指出，某種洗衣粉宣稱是綠色洗衣粉，有好幾種意思；有些牌子的洗衣粉只是把磷酸鹽換掉；有些牌子則改變了大部分成份。