10 Eco-Friendly Kitchen Tips
Thursday, March 6, 2008 | | |1. Shop on the spot.
Look for locally grown produce at farmers' markets, and closes Food Co-ops. You get more fresh fare, support your community and help reduce fuel consumption and emissions of waste long-distance transport.
2. Keep an eye on the "9."
Please check the number of labels on fruits and vegetables. If they start to nine, your product is organic, meaning it is grown without pesticides.
3. B.Y.O.B. -- "Bring your own bag."
Place your supermarket plastic bags of groceries and transportation in reusable tote bags or produce canvas bags.
4. The gap plastic bottles.
Set your kitchen faucet with a filter purified water, and tote around a bottle filled sports, glass, aluminum or recycled plastic.
5. Recycle!
Kick them clean cans, jars, plastic bottles and boxes of pizza to the curb on recycling day. When sorting plastic containers, look for # 2 and # 3 on the merits and reuse of waste or else.
6. Reducing waste.
Buy in bulk, choose fresh ingredients and look for products with low - or at least recyclable - packaging. Passage to napkins to buy fabric or paper towels and napkins labeled "recycled", "unbleached" and / or "post-consumer waste. "
7. Grill!
Grill outdoors take less energy than the baking heat and keep the house, reducing travel on your AC. Better still, upgrade to the induction cooking - it is more effective.
8. Chill out.
Fill the empty space in your refrigerator or freezer with paper or newspapers full of bottled water - it improves the cooling and save electricity and money.
9. Compostal Go!
Feed costs kitchen scraps (no meat or oils, please) to a compost pile. Then use the nutrient-rich compost advantage of your herb garden.
10. Clean green.
Scour melting pot of salt to preserve the seasoning, turn off the tap while washing dishes and only to run a dishwasher. In addition, stock your pantry with the best natural cleaning: baking soda, lemon juice, white vinegar and Club Soda.
Look for locally grown produce at farmers' markets, and closes Food Co-ops. You get more fresh fare, support your community and help reduce fuel consumption and emissions of waste long-distance transport.
2. Keep an eye on the "9."
Please check the number of labels on fruits and vegetables. If they start to nine, your product is organic, meaning it is grown without pesticides.
3. B.Y.O.B. -- "Bring your own bag."
Place your supermarket plastic bags of groceries and transportation in reusable tote bags or produce canvas bags.
4. The gap plastic bottles.
Set your kitchen faucet with a filter purified water, and tote around a bottle filled sports, glass, aluminum or recycled plastic.
5. Recycle!
Kick them clean cans, jars, plastic bottles and boxes of pizza to the curb on recycling day. When sorting plastic containers, look for # 2 and # 3 on the merits and reuse of waste or else.
6. Reducing waste.
Buy in bulk, choose fresh ingredients and look for products with low - or at least recyclable - packaging. Passage to napkins to buy fabric or paper towels and napkins labeled "recycled", "unbleached" and / or "post-consumer waste. "
7. Grill!
Grill outdoors take less energy than the baking heat and keep the house, reducing travel on your AC. Better still, upgrade to the induction cooking - it is more effective.
8. Chill out.
Fill the empty space in your refrigerator or freezer with paper or newspapers full of bottled water - it improves the cooling and save electricity and money.
9. Compostal Go!
Feed costs kitchen scraps (no meat or oils, please) to a compost pile. Then use the nutrient-rich compost advantage of your herb garden.
10. Clean green.
Scour melting pot of salt to preserve the seasoning, turn off the tap while washing dishes and only to run a dishwasher. In addition, stock your pantry with the best natural cleaning: baking soda, lemon juice, white vinegar and Club Soda.
