First of all, this isn't what my post today is about, but I'd just like to say that this year Greenpeace are celebrating 50 years since it was founded. I'll give a quick overview of what Greenpeace is: (quoting from their website) "Greenpeace uses non-violent creative action to pave the way to a greener, more peaceful world, and to confront the systems that threaten the environment". What started Greenpeace? Well, in September 1971, a group of people sailed a boat to Alaska in the US to stop nuclear testing there. Click here or go onto their website, scroll down and click Our History and Successes to see a timeline of all the things they've campaigned for and done.
Okay, so, back to my post and continuing to focus on one room in your house at a time, I've written many things about being eco-friendly in your bathroom, I'll put a few links into the ones I've done here: Washing, Taking Shorter Showers, Bamboo Products and, recently, Alternate Products for Brushing your Teeth. So this week I'll summarise all of those into this one blog.
Taking a shower instead of a bath is better for the environment because a bath will hold up to 80 litres of water, and a water efficient shower will use 9 litres per minute (an older showerhead will almost use up to 10 litres more per minute!). That means that a 10 minute shower uses up more than a bath so to be water efficient, you should not only take more showers than baths, but also don't spend too much time with the water running.
This is the same with brushing your teeth. I'm sure you've all heard that you shouldn't leave the tap on while brushing your teeth because that wastes water. That tip is like the first thing we're told in primary school or anywhere when told how to be more eco-friendly. Bamboo toothbrushes and toothpaste tablets are plastic-free alternatives too.
Instead of plastic bottles of shower gels, using bars of soap (that don't come individually wrapped in plastic) is good too, or just using cruelty-free, even vegan, soap if that fits for you, but I've said it before so I'm not going into much detail. In case you missed it, I talked about using eco-friendly cleaning products in last week's blog, so have a read of that one if you haven't already.
Thank you for reading this week's blog! See you next Sunday.
Violet
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