Make Your Bathroom the Green Room

Aug 23rd, 2008 | By Green Snob | Category: Sustainable Living

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Make Your Bathroom the Green Room Our bathrooms are our sanctuary. We strip down to our bare naked selves and every day, or so I hope, we cleanse ourselves of the day and become refreshed and renewed. We come here to beautify, to unwind, to pamper and to rejuvenate. We use so many products for our hair, face and bodies to make us beautiful, but are we choosing our products wisely? Can the plastic jar be leaving a carbon footprint that you never really acknowledged? Here are some ideas on making your bathroom just as environmentally friendly as you are.

Use bar soap. A bar soap contains less preservatives than liquid soap, so the ingredients in the solid are focused to wash away all the germs and bacteria, while the liquid soap contains more harmful ingredients that get washed away into the ocean each time you cleanse your hands. It requires a substantially less amount of packaging also. From body bars to shampoo bars, you can be clean and environmentally friendly.

Glass instead of plastic. It’s harder to find your favorite products in glass, but they are definitely better for the environment, compared to all the plastic bags and containers that end up in landfills and choking our wildlife. If you can find them in glass containers, then get those. Creme de La Mer is sold in glass containers and is one of our favorite moisturizers for the face. If you do use plastic, clean it out when you are done and recycle it.

Stop buying bulk. Try purchasing smaller items that you can use often and finish up entirely instead of buying a lot of products you only use a few times and just sit as additional waste. Eventually these products expire, and you will have to toss out containers that are still half-full. Call that a waste of your time and more waste on our planet.

How do you make your bathroom more green?

Eco-friendly products for your bed and bath:

Aromasticks-Freshen any room quickly and naturally. A clean alternative to smoky candles and incense, slender bamboo reeds absorb 100% essential oils and diffuse aromatherapeutic scents. To refresh the intensity, flip the sticks from time to time. For travel or room-to-room air freshening, use the included spray mister. Comes with 6 sticks and 4 oz. of a calming woodsy scent (a blend of amber, sandalwood, cedar, and musk). Stands 10″ high.

Big Orange Hamper Tote-Instantly sort dirty laundry into colors, darks, and whites. Flat-bottomed tote stands upright in your closet so you can throw things where they belong (depending on your aim). An outside pocket holds detergent and softener. On laundry day, grab the extra-wide straps and off you go. Sturdy nylon canvas. Machine wash and dry. 30″w x 21″h x 10″d.

Bamboo Bedding-We know that bamboo is eco-friendly, renewable, and versatile. But silkysoft, supple, and breathable? Comfort with a conscience, these high-quality sheets and pillowcases are made entirely of bamboo fiber. They keep you at the optimal temperature while sleeping, and they?re naturally antibacterial, hypoallergenic, and colorfast. Sheets are oversized to fit pillow top mattresses. 250 thread count percale. Machine wash and dry. Specify White, Sky Blue, or Grass Green. Imported.