pollution – SAY NO TO GLOVES
Die lewe is lekker. En soos ons lekker lewe, maak ons lekker vuil. Vuil klere na ‘n lang dag van: oefen, werk, natuur en lewe saam met ons geliefdes. ‘n Aand van lekker eet met vriende by ons huis, maak lekker baie vuil skottelgoed. Badkamers en vloere en kombuise word vuil geleef. Kinders (nie net gekke en dwase) krap op mure en tafels. Dis lekker. Maar dit moet skoongemaak word, en dít is nie altyd so lekker, of goedkoop nie. Of is dit?
Ek besef al hoe meer hoe die media en samelewing ons om die bos ly. Mens het deesdae 100 verskillende skoonmaakmiddels vir die 100 verskillende dele van jou huis nodig. Goed vir jou vloer, goed vir jou bad, goed vir jou stort, goed vir jou kombuis, goed vir jou badkamer, vir jou vensters, jou skottelgoed, jou wasgoed ens. Behalwe dat mens naderhand nie meer plek het om alles te bêre nie, bevat baie van hierdie skoonmaakmiddels chemikalië wat baie sleg is vir die natuur , en so ook baie sleg is vir ons wanneer ons dit in ons huise gebruik.
Maar kry jy nou nie iets skoon met hierdie 100 verskillende middels nie, dan google jy: “How to clean pen marks from your walls”, en die antwoord is omtrent 100% van die tyd ‘n basiese ding, soos koeksoda, wat jy in elk geval in jou huis het.
Ek het tot die ontnugtering gekom, dat mens ‘n paar basiese, alledaagse goed nodig het om al die 100 plekke in jou huis skoon te maak:
Tags cleaning, eco friendly, Green, green cleaning, green living, Lifestyle, pollution, South Africa, zero waste cleaning
||The various components comprising the typical toothpaste tube can include any number of plastics, aluminium, steel and even nylon. For a toothpaste tube to be recycled it means each of these components must be processed separately. So on top of the CO2 pollution involved of the production of each individual tube, it then becomes a very complicated process for the recyclers.
By choosing to make your own toothpaste, or buy toothpaste with sustainable packaging you can reduce waste going to landfill and save both the water and energy involved in the production and disposal of these products.
About 1 billion toothpaste tubes are sent to landfills every year. Toothpaste tubes are generally made of with aluminum or plastic. The process of converting raw bauxite (the source of aluminum that makes up 8 percent of the earth’s crust) into aluminum is an energy-consuming one, requiring roughly 7.5 kilowatt hours for each pound of virgin aluminum. Plastic is not biodegradable, taking up to 700 years before beginning to decompose. || 》http://www.1millionwomen.com.au/blog/why-i-quit-toothpaste/《
So: While zero wasting our lifestyle we decided to switch to zero waste toiletry/hygiene alternatives when what we were using runs out. So when we ran out of toothpaste we were forced to find an alternative that would still keep our teeth clean and healthy. Continue reading
Tags eco friendly toothpaste, environmental toothbrush, Greenliving, pollution, Zero Waste