kitchen

What was your reaction when you first heard there are countertops made from recycled paper? If you’re like me, you were thinking, “Yeah, yeah, recycled paper countertops, they may be fine for extreme greenies. But me? Give me the hard stuff, the shiny stuff, the stuff I can cut on and spill all over.”

Formaldehyde, a known carcinogen, is likely in the new cabinets you may be considering.  What can you do to make sure you don't purchase this known carcinogen when you purchase your new kitchen or bathroom cabinets.   There are many alternatives sources of eco-friendly/green cabinets, and this article gives a run down of the suppliers!!  Great quick read.

A cool new indoor composting unit that will allow you to compost your food waste without a garden. The unit minimises odour, and collects the soil into a special container. The unit is very low power, costing about 75 pence a year!

Kitchen and bath design website that follows design case studies and issues pertaining to kitchens and baths that affect everyday living. Topics cover green construction materials and practices, as well as issues affecting everyday living, which includes treading lightly on the planet, a minimalist style, and responsible consumption with environmental awareness. Urban lifestyle focused.

Dixons have developed a green shop for their www.dixons.co.uk site.

 It contains only products backed by the Energy Saving Trust

A list of helpful tips for saving energy in your kitchen (even on a budget!)

 

Although your kitchen may be the area of your house you keep the cleanest, there are a few easy ways to make it the greenest too! Check out these cool ideas for how you can do your part to help our planet for Earth Day.

The world’s largest solar kitchen serves up to 38,500 meals per day in Taleti, India.

When I remodeled my kitchen, I saved all the old wood, nails, and other materials. Here's the story about how I transformed these old, used materials into a homemade masterpiece.

India is well-known for delicious food, and the kitchen is considered to be a sacred place in any Indian home. And now India has something else to be proud of: the world’s largest solar kitchen.

Tips on having a better, cleaner, greener kitchen with small-scale composting.

Practical tips for running an energy efficient kitchen.

Help your refrigerator run most efficiently by keeping it full but not overstuffed. Here are some tips.

Toaster ovens use a fraction of the energy, and can be used for more than just bread.

Get your mind out of the gutter and meet Trashy, a multi-purpose, garbage can/recycling sorter/butcher block on wheels. If you have a small kitchen, or can’t commit to an island, this is a perfect solution. Made of 100% post-industrial recycled formaldehyde-free MDF board from Sierra Pine, each Trashy contains three compartments for a garbage bin; recycling bin; and storage for garbage bags or other trash needs, which can all be removed and washed.

Old-fashioned can openers save energy and money, and newer models are ergonomic and easy to use.

Dynamic Demand controlled appliances such as fridges and freezers could be able to reduce the amount of electricity they use during peak periods and eventually save an estimated two million tonnes of CO2 emissions a year when fully integrated across the network - the equivalent of taking over 665,000 cars off the road.

I used to use a lot of paper goods to make clean-up easier, and my kids especially love straws. For everything. Drinking, painting, magic wands…anyway, aside from chucking straws altogether, there are now much better alternatives for plastic and paperware. Browse around Green Home - it’s an amazing site, but I am particularly fond of their Kitchen section for a papergoods makeover. Can’t let go of brown bag lunches? Buy unbleached, recyclable ones! Do you go through plastic cups like the water that’s in them?