Ecocentral - House & Home

Running a household can take quite a bit of doing: cooking, cleaning, washing, heating and lighting can all take their toll. Unfortunately, these can all have a bad impact on the environment as well.

The articles below discuss what is damaging and what is actually OK around the house, so that you can make an informed decision about where to spend your money most wisely. Hopefully, this will help us all to make changes that we can be confident are worthwhile, knowing we are investing well in our home and the planet.

Categories in... House & Home

- Kitchen & Dining
The main topics to consider about the whole home catering malarkey are appliances, the food we eat, the way we cook, the way we clean and the waste we produce. There are also sustainability issues c...
- Bedroom
What can I say? It’s a bedroom, have fun! If you are looking for ethical beds and bedding, organic cotton appears to be about the size of it. However, there are some alternatives such as sust...
- Bathroom
The main environmental impacts of our daily ablutions concern heating water up and flushing water away. The chemicals with which we lather ourselves or slosh around the bathroom also have an impact,...
- Living & Lounging
There are a numerous eco-stores offering all kinds of alternatives to the everyday objects in our homes. But is there anything particularly sinful about the everyday objects that we already have? Th...
- Washing & Laundry
For comments on washing machines and tumble dryers, please see Appliances & Electrical. Washing clothes and general laundering is one of the biggest eco-offenders in the household routine. ...
- Appliances & Electrical
Appliances Appliances account for about 47% of the electricity consumption of an average household. There are now many efficient appliances available, most of which have efficiency ratings. The to...
- Cleaning
In the UK we live in a very sanitised world. It seems to be a crime to do anything vaguely dangerous or fun, which is mirrored in people’s attitudes to health risks in the home: dirt is danger...
- Home Office
The majority of concerns affecting a personal office at home are similar to those for the rest of the house: turn things off when not in use; buy recycled, second-hand or sustainably produced goods;...
- Energy Efficiency & Saving
There are many easy things to do to save energy, as well as many not-so-easy things. Likewise with cost. I’ll kick off talking about the easy, low cost options and then move onwards and upward...
- Renewable Energy & Resources
This section deals with renewable energy systems and water capture for houses. These are usually comparatively small systems, so for the larger stuff please see the same topic under Office, Commerci...
- Recycling & Waste
In the UK each and every one of us produces about half a tonne of waste per year. Since some of us produce almost no waste whatsoever, others must throw away a lot. There are varying opinions about ...
- Miscellaneous
In the scheme of things the idea that the art in your home must be healthy is a small one; what with composting, recycling and public transportation making a bigger impact. However, art does have an i...

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