Every kitchen should be green. At least, every kitchen built from 2009 on. Since the housing industry has slowed to a crawl, now is a great time for home builders to ramp up and ONLY build eco friendly kitchens in all new construction. Eco frinedly kitchens? If you're not familiar, here's some ideas to get you started and you can check out Eco Design Resources for additional help.
Floors, countertops, cabinets and equipement. These are the basic four ingredients to any kitchen.
Floors: sustainable bamboo flooring is the choice here. Check out Ecotimber for some great ideas.
Countertops should have a high recycled glass content. Check out Ice Stone or F ue Z both of which are great countertop choices.
Cabinets: Again, bamboo is a great and Eco Design Resources is a great resource.
Equipment, or appliances: Energy Star should be mandatory here and really, most builders do a good job of offering energy star appliances in their new homes. The gov. has a great site to help you with your research. Energystar
What else is there to think about? What about Oven mitts, kitchen towels and aprons made from Hemp? Don't get excited Movie-man Sandy, although you could use some mitts and towels. Check these out, Eco Kitchen and their line of hemp products.
And paper plates and cups? I'm sure we've all used them and now we can use biodegradable plates and cups which would really help the environment. Check these out by Verterra.
And aside from some basic tips such as keeping your freezer full and not pre-rinsing your dishes but letting the dishwasher do its job, there is a MAJOR challenge. NO MORE plastic bags. You can find reusable bags almost everywhere. Wal-Mart, Target, grocery stores. It seems they all have their own reusable bag to offer. Or, you could check out BMG Wholesale and buy a bag from them. Either way, we as a society need to stop using plastic bags. They have become an evil that we need to discontinue producing.
So let's work togeter and make our kitchens the hub of our environmentally friendly home.
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