Using eco-friendly products around the home can have a great positive impact on the environment.
Many non-eco
Cleaning & Laundry products contain enzymes, bleaches, brighteners and perfumes. Using
eco-friendly products will minimise the impact to the environment, with complete or near complete biodegradability and minimum impact on aquatic life.
Up to 25% of the weight of an average household dustbin comes from packaging waste.
Bulk buying reduces this packaging waste and so reduces the amount of material going to landfill
Around 19% of an average household's electricity consumption is via
lighting (DEFRA), and a single 100W bulb could be responsible for 63kg of CO2 per year,
Low energy bulbs (18W) will be reduce that to around 11kg.
Wastewatch.org estimates that we could
compost the 20% of organic waste that we throw away. Using degradable and recyclable products will reduce impact on the environment, whilst
composting kitchen waste will reduce the amount of landfill.
