Go Green with Your Appliances
When you are in the market for new appliances, make appealing the last thing on your list of wants. Look for ones that are good for the environment as well as beautiful. Here are three ways to help in that process in order to make it good for your home and good for the environment all the way around.
1. Make sure you make it healthy: You don’t want contaminates like mercury showing up in your food items, so why would you want them showing up in your refrigerator where your food is. Make sure your fridge complies with Restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS) by eliminating the lead, mercury, cadmium and other chemicals that are potentially harmful when the fridge was manufactured.
2. Go for the Energy Star: Energy Star is a rating system given by the Department of Energy for energy efficiency within an appliance or other item, such as light bulbs. When you in the market and shopping for a new appliance or other item for your home, make sure the item or appliance is Energy Star approved and displays this symbol proudly.
3. Go for the green all the way around: Packaging and production and even waste removal systems also contribute greatly to the global warming issue more and more. Make sure you choose environmentally responsible choices at all stages of production, which includes the reduction of chemicals, solvents, and even the consumption of energy. Make sure your choice uses recycled packaging at 100 percent of these materials and the company is even environmentally responsible in the clean up after the production process of these goods as well.
*Natural and Sustainable Living Tip: Make Every Day Earth Day 2008 Program helps encourages companies to implement green initiative in their business though the spa community. This year’s winner was the Gaia Day Spa in California.
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