Best Eco-Friendly Products for Your Home and Family
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Use these bags to hold snacks over and over. Photo: iStock
Go green in the kitchen
Take advantage of the many small ways to turn your kitchen into a hub of sustainability, from stocking up on biodegradable trash bags to a plant-based dish soap coupled with a biodegradable sponge. Or try dipping a bamboo scrubbing brush into a ceramic dispenser, which can be filled with liquid soap from a paper carton.
If you’ve given in to the siren song of the Keurig single-cup coffee machine, you can turn them from plastic gobblers into relatively eco-kind brewers by investing in reusable K Cups.
Metal straws are a must-have. Not only do they make you feel like you’re sipping a milkshake at a 1950s soda counter, but they save traditional straws from breaking down into microplastics and inevitably filtering into oceans. Not a fan of a metal straw hitting your teeth? Try these soft (and brightly colored) silicone straws.
It’s much easier now to ban baggies from your home with silicone sandwich pouches. Tough and dishwasher safe, they can be used many times over. Recyclable and sealable paper bags are the best choice if you need something single-use, particularly handy for shorter stints of storage — think packing lunches. We love these BPA-free zipper sacks that can be hand-washed or tossed in the dishwasher.
Cut down on the bottles of plastic cleaning solution you buy with this kit that ionizes tap water and capsules of non-toxic disinfectant to make a germ-killing blend. Blueland also offers reusable bottles and tablets so you’re not paying for — and gas-guzzling trucks aren’t hauling — plastic bottles full of mostly water.
Swedish washable dishcloths are super absorbent and come in cute colors and designs to brighten your kitchen while lightening your environmental impact. Reusable “paper towels” are another popular alternative that will help keep your kitchen sparkling and waste-free.
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