Shopping for the home for non toxic, eco friendly products?
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Comments (5)Here's some more photos....I love my recessed toilet paper holder because the old one was attached at floor level behind the toilet! I read somewhere the ceiling is the 5th plane so this one is sky blue. The crown molding is recycled styrofoam....Tibron... and very inexpensive. Here's the floor plan for a 5 x 7 bathroom I copied from this Forum....See MoreRecycling & other eco-friendly habits
Comments (23)I just found this list of reasons to recycle and thought you all might enjoy reading it, too. Lynn *If not recycled, one quart of used motor oil could pollute 250,000 gallons of drinking water. �Recycling one ton of old paper saves, 7,000 gallons of water or, put another way, every ton of recycled paper requires 7,000 fewer gallons of water to manufacture than virgin paper. �Every ton of recycled paper requires 4100 KWH less energy than virgin paper to produce. � Recycling saves energy and reduces air pollution as well as greenhouse gas emissions. � Half of all polyester carpet made in the United States is made from recycled plastic (PET) � Recycling the steel from six cars can provide enough steel framing for an entire new house. � Recycling one glass bottle saves enough electricity to light a 60-watt bulb for four hours. � Aluminum cans produced in the United States can contain at least 50 percent recycled content. � Americans represent only five percent of the world's population, but generate 30 percent of the world's garbage. � Forty percent of all U.S. municipal solid waste consists of paper and paperboard products. � Each ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees. � Each ton of recycled paper saves over 3 cubic yards of landfill space. � The estimated 272 billion aluminum cans reclaimed during the 1980s saved 2 billion feet of landfill space. � Recycling reduces taxes and landfill fees. � Making paper from recycled materials results in 74% less air pollution and 35% less water pollution than virgin paper. � Manufacturing with aluminum scrap saves an estimated 95% in energy costs. � Manufacturing with copper scrap saves an estimated 85% in energy costs. � Ninety-nine percent of all beer cans and 97 percent of all soda cans are made of aluminum. American consumers and industry throw away enough aluminum to rebuild the entire United States commercial air fleet every three months. � Recycling generates jobs and revenue....See MoreHas anyone done an Eco-friendly renovation?
Comments (32)LOL Plllog :) I'd love to meet your knob and puller heh heh Do you only knock when the red light is on? :oP I actually am greeted by name at Vintage Hardware heh heh The owner came out to meet me (they want to reproduce my ceiling medallions) last time I was in. He purchased another home we were looking at last year. They're not green :) But they're local and it's important to me to support the communities we live in whenever we can. I'm going to have him over as soon as I finish unpacking so he can go through the house. He has never been here and is dying to get a peek at the brass and the medallions and he's a wealth of period information which I really need. Are you local? And who's your tile person? I'm not sure what we're doing about tile...we have several original fireplaces that need replacement pieces or have had some made but they're badly done. Someday we'll get around to fixing them as well (mind you the kitchen comes first because I'm tired of cooking on the back porch LOL). Carbon footprints...those are always buzz words Dh gets a giggle out of. We were up on the slope in ANWAR and this dude was bragging about his carbon footprint being so much smaller than ours because he does not own a car. DH did some calculations for the dork overnight and came back to show him his real carbon footprint in comparison to someone who commutes 30 miles a day. His was way larger...see he wasn't counting the carbon footprint his FLIGHT TO WORK weekly cost :) DOH again...sometimes it's all about perception and being cool, not being green at all. Avoiding exotic woods and not driving a Hummer to work are two easy and real green steps :) Ride sharing in your Hummer...not so much :P...See Moreeco/non-toxic kitchen window treatments for old house?
Comments (9)Only install wood slat blinds if you love dusting difficult things. I'd go with a roman shade or sheer curtains with a panel curtain layered over that (this is what I have in my house b/c old windows can be very difficult to find affordable shades for, especially if you have a ton of windows). I also have had window film installed on most of my old windows to help with the summer heat....See MoreIdeefixe
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