New Kitchen? Dont Forget The Eco Friendly Accessories
There are some incredible inventions of late that allow you to add to your kitchen while still keeping the environment in mind. Everything from cutting boards to bottle openers to Tupperware, you can find all the kitchen gadgets you desire that are made of 100% recycled material. It is a safe and effective way to reduce health risks and pollution to help conserve natural resources while reducing greenhouse gases and water pollution.
Bamboo is a great option for any part of the kitchen, be it in the building or units or accessories. Many people dont realise that bamboo is not a tree but grass. It can easily grow half a metre per day and grows back after harvesting. This creates an environmentally friendly (renewable) harvest.
Bamboo can be shaped into cutting boards with a solid surface; you will find them readily available for between $15 and $75 and this is just one option, there are many bamboo kitchen accessories on the market, you will easily find them in local home furnishing stores.
The next kind of eco-friendly accessory to look at is food containers. You have to have a container to place left-over food into and Bagasse is your answer. There are Bagasse food containers and lids that make it easy and convenient to place any food in while still taking care of the environment.
To keep your kitchen clean, you will find biodegradable sponges that allow you to easily wipe off the counters. They are durable, long lasting and 99.97% of waste used in production of these sponges is reused. While it is a fairly difficult process to create this accessory, it is made from cellulose that is harvested from renewable tree farms.
Sending off the kids to school with paper bags containing their lunch is another waste of resources when organic cotton lunch bags are an option. These are plastic free, waste free, lead free and vinyl free, making them a reusable, inexpensive option that is good for you, the kids and the planet.
From the kitchen bin to the bottle opener, there will be an eco friendly alternative that is inexpensive, healthier, stylish and made from renewable or recycled materials so next time something needs replacing, why not go for the eco-friendly option?
