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Brushing your teeth is important for a lot of reasons. Bad breath ranked the #1 turn off in one dating survey. Also, cavities are expensive. Whatever your motivation, you should really brush your teeth. According to a number I saw in Nation Geographic the average person uses around 300 toothbrushes in their lifetime. That’s a lot of plastic in a landfill. There are better ways. Opt for a bamboo or other biodegradable option. Pricewise they are affordable and available from a number of companies. Even if you prefer an electric toothbrush, there are biodegradable options there. To learn more about some of the options available click here to look at the toothbrush blog post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61283f9ab29a290bff334864/b300da30-88e3-4d7a-b336-543e712278dc/Toilet+paper.jpg The Bathroom - Worst. Better. Best. Best: None. What are the options? Worst: Regular toilet paper made from trees. It’s the standard stuff you buy from the store. It cutting down trees isn’t ad enough; it usually comes wrapped in plastic. So, standard toilet paper requires clearing of land (unsustainably because of how long it takes trees to grow), the exhaust from the machines that cut and move the trees, electricity to run the processing machines and create packaging. About 37 gallons of water is used in the process of making 1 roll! And then there is the fuel burned during transportation to the store. It’s a lot. Better option: Recycled or bamboo toilet paper. These come from sustainable sources. bamboo grows really fast so it is truly a sustainable option, as is recycling. Also, these brands usually use paper wrapping instead of plastic. But there is the drawback of the transportation costs to the environment through the processing of the toilet paper, the packaging and transportation to you. Best: None. If you haven’t heard of it there is an appliance called a bidet. This is like a device that can be separate from your toilet or even added as an accessory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61283f9ab29a290bff334864/d8d9a6a1-1d9a-4d59-89e1-5af2c5aa6263/Toilet+sink.png The Bathroom What are the options? Toilets can be very inefficient in terms of water use. This can hit your pocketbook if you have a water bill as well at hit the environment that you live in. Waste that goes through public sewers needs to be processed before it makes its way back into the water cycle. Extra processing means extra electricity, which means more impact on the environment. The less water wasted the better. A good place to start is your toilet. Older toilets use 5-7 gallons of water to flush. New models use as little as 1.25 gallons. As you can see, traditional toilets use A LOT of water. Often more water than they need. Options to decrease water use by your toilet: Replace your toilet with a low water toilet. Reduce your water use is by putting a brick or stone in the tank. This will displace water in the tank and therefore use less water to flush. If you are renting and replacing the toilet isn’t an option, this is a good one. I used a brick before. I’ve used rocks other times. I played around with placement in the tank until I found a spot that allowed it to flush adequately. If there is too little water in the tank you’ll have to flush twice and that’s the kind of thing we want to avoid! ————————— Another fabulous option that I recently learned about is a toilet with a built in or added sink (both kinds are available). The photo to the right is one that is available through major home-improvement stores. It is a sink that uses the water from washing your hands to help fill the tank. A clever little way to reuse water before it leaves your house. 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Me: It gets burned or placed in a landfill. Them: So, less than 1 out of 10 of my liquid detergent bottles is actually recycled? Me: Yes, that’s the math. Then there is the microplastic that gets into the water supply through the detergent. And the pollution from transporting the detergent to the store you buy it from. Liquid detergent is mostly water. That means it is heavy and moving heavy things puts fossil fuel exhaust into the air. Liquid detergent is It’s definitely the WORST option. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61283f9ab29a290bff334864/6d1153a3-063b-4fca-bd8f-d3d3d58c14bb/list+graphic+-+powdered+detergent.jpg The Laundry Room - Worst. Better. Best. Better: Powered Detergents. But why isn’t this a ‘best’? Me: Transportation, clumps, dyes, and fillers Them: But it doesn’t have the bottle and the water, so we’re good, right?. Me: Close. Powered detergent is heavy and still needs to be transported by trucks to the store for you to buy. Them: But EVERYTHING needs to get transported to some degree. Me: Absolutely. But the larger the distance the product has to travel the greater negative impact on the environment. Also, there is the clump issue. Them: What do you mean clumps? Me: Powered detergent are known to produce clumps of undissolved detergent. This has the potential to gum up your machine causing issues if you use a washing machine. This issue is one reason why the move to liquid detergent was made. Them: Okay, okay but what about these fillers and dyes? Me: There are also dyes added to make it visually appealing. Also, 5-45% of detergents are fillers. It makes it seem like you’re getting more. But you’re really just buying a less concentrated product. You're paying for ‘nothing” when it comes to the fillers. Powdered detergents are a better option than liquid but still not quite there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61283f9ab29a290bff334864/dadfef6e-0c47-4bff-8c29-e142ad6b4daa/list+graphic+-+mail+box.jpg The Laundry Room - Worst. Better. Best. Best: Dissolving What makes this a ‘best’? Me: No plastic, no clumps, low transportation, ideal packaging. Them: But it still has to be transported and that’s a negative, right? Me: Yes. There is still some impact in that way. The impact is minimal. It is concentrated so not heavy, and because it comes in the mail, it can save you a trip to the store. Them: Ideal packaging? Me: The less packaging the better. There are detergent sheets that come in the mail in recycled cardboard envelopes. Recycled and recyclable. 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