{"id":1108,"date":"2008-09-19T10:43:56","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T15:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=1108"},"modified":"2008-09-19T10:43:56","modified_gmt":"2008-09-19T15:43:56","slug":"ten-ways-to-green-your-bathroom-and-keep-it-fabulous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/ten-ways-to-green-your-bathroom-and-keep-it-fabulous\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Ways To Green Your Bathroom–And Keep It Fabulous"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>One of the smallest rooms in your house is also the easiest to green.\u00a0 But for many people, their bathroom is a sanctuary, a place they go to relax in a hot bath or shower.\u00a0 You might not want a spartan existence for this place.\u00a0 That doesn’t mean you can’t go green.\u00a0 You can make your bathroom eco-friendly without sacrificing luxury by knowing a few tricks and where to shop.\u00a0 Find out how, after the jump…<\/p>\n

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  1. Low-flow showerhead. <\/strong>They’ve come a long way, baby.\u00a0 Because of my incredibly thick, curly hair, I need water pressure as much as the next person.\u00a0 Today’s low-flow shower heads save water without sacrificing pressure.\u00a0 Metaefficient<\/a> reviews the best of the low-flows here<\/a>.\u00a0 Even better, check out Shower Start<\/a>, a device that saves water while you’re getting your shower water to the desired temperature.<\/li>\n
  2. Think biodegradable<\/strong>–in soaps, shampoos, and conditioners.\u00a0 Many beauty products contain petroleum, which you’re just washing down the drain.\u00a0 We buy Dr. Bronner’s in bulk<\/a>, because it’s a money-saving way to get fair-trade, vegetable-based, biodegradable soap in a variety of awesome scents.\u00a0 However, check out your local farmers market.\u00a0 There’s often vendors selling locally-made, eco-friendly soaps.\u00a0 Even Target is now carrying more environmentally-responsible personal care brands, like the ever-popular Burt’s Bees<\/a>.\u00a0 You even can see all the eco-friendly products we’ve covered here<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  3. Razors<\/strong>.\u00a0 Think disposable heads, not entire razors.\u00a0 Preserve makes great razors<\/a> from recycled yogurt cups, and you need only buy the heads after you’ve bought the first set of handles.<\/li>\n
  4. Toothpaste. <\/strong>Tom’s <\/a>is the leader in green toothpaste options–you can easily recycle their aluminum tubes.\u00a0 If you can’t find Tom’s, try to find Crest in the small bottle, not tube.\u00a0 You can recycle it, and it has no superfluous packaging, just the bottle containing the toothpaste.<\/li>\n
  5. Give up baths<\/strong>.\u00a0 At least as your regular means of washing.\u00a0 For most people, they use more water in a bath than a shower.\u00a0 Miss that luxurious bubble bath soak?\u00a0 Lush<\/a>, my absolute favorite purveyor of bath products and a totally eco-friendly company, now has “emotibombs<\/a>“, which are like bath bombs for the shower.\u00a0 You can get the same aromatherapy without all the water use of a bath.<\/li>\n
  6. Use your products…until they’re gone.<\/strong> I’m 100% guilty of this, because I love buying different bath and beauty products.\u00a0 Consequently, I had a bathroom full of half-used shower gels, lip glosses, and lotions.\u00a0 What a waste–of money and resources.\u00a0 I finally put a moratorium on buying any new products until I used up what I had.\u00a0 It was a great way to declutter my bathroom and avoid putting perfectly-good items in the landfill.<\/li>\n
  7. Think soap instead of body wash.<\/strong> It doesn’t weight as much, so you can ship more product for less fossil fuels.\u00a0 Lush even makes a shampoo bar<\/a> that they claim lasts way longer than a regular bottle, at a fraction of the shipping costs\u00a0 with minimal packaging.\u00a0 Get a cheap soap dish to make soap last longer through proper drainage.<\/li>\n
  8. Turn off the water<\/strong>–while washing face and brushing teeth.\u00a0 It’s a no brainer, but if you’ve made it a decades long habit to keep the water on, it might take a while to retrain your brain.\u00a0 Do it anyway.\u00a0 Even better, get an aerator for your sink<\/a>–you’ll use less water without even knowing it.<\/li>\n
  9. Get new bulbs<\/strong>–CFLs are old news.\u00a0 You probably have them all over your house (I hope!).\u00a0 But many times, people are reluctant to put CFLs over the bathroom mirror because they think the light is too harsh.\u00a0 However, new CFLs come in a variety of wattage and spectrums.\u00a0 Read more about what’s available here.<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. Save toilet water<\/strong>.\u00a0 If you can afford it, put in a dual-flush toilet<\/a>, which allows you to choose using more or less water with each flush, depending on what you’re flushing.\u00a0 If you can’t, you can easily and affordably displace water in your toilet tank<\/a> with sand-filled plastic containers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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