Switching to an eco-friendly lifestyle is not as easy as it seems. You have to put in extra effort to make things right which starts with minor transformations. Anyone can begin to alter habits in order to preserve the natural resources that go to waste because of unnecessary consumption, but it takes commitment. In our homes, generally the bathroom is the place where most of the waste is generated. Start with making sustainable changes in your bathroom that will not only create a positive environmental impact, but will also save you money. In order to reduce your bathroom waste and contribute to the common good, we have made you a list of sustainable tips to follow.
1. Buy Eco-friendly Shower Heads and Avoid Using Bath Tubs
Opt for water efficient shower heads for your bathroom. Traditional shower heads lead to loss of water even in a 5 minute shower. Eco-friendly shower heads reduces your water consumption by inserting air along with water to increase pressure. Moreover, minimize your shower time to make less use of water. Avoid using bath tubs as they take much more water relative to shower. According to World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), almost 70 gallons of water is needed in a full bath tub as compared to a five minute shower which takes about 10-25 gallons of water. In this way, you will minimize your individual environmental footprint.
2. Replace Your Traditional Toilet
Another way to reduce water wastage is by switching to low flow toilets with further dual flusher for better results. It flushes the waste with pressure using less water compared to the ordinary historical ones of the past.
3. Install Motion Sensor Faucets
Plenty of water goes to waste when we wash our hands or brush teeth as we often don’t realize the amount of water that keeps running unnecessarily. To avoid such situations, motion sensor faucets are the best option for bathroom sinks. These faucets sense your motion when you move your hands away from the faucet and stops water flow when not needed, thus a fixing motion sensor in your sinks allows you to save sufficient water.
4. Buy Bathroom Products in Bulk
Most bathroom products are packaged in single-use plastic bottles. These bottles usually enter into landfills after you discard them and release harmful emissions. To minimize such waste try to avoid small packaged products and buy your beauty and cleaning products in bulk. Bulk purchase is not just economical but also minimize plastic pollution.
5. Make Your Own Bathroom Cleaning Products
Utilize natural and safe ingredients such as lemon juice, baking soda and vinegar that are easily available at your home to create your own cleaning liquids. These are not just cost effective, but also reduce health risks as cleaning products that we buy from the market many times contain unsafe elements. Moreover, you will reduce your plastic waste by cutting back on un-ecofriendly cleaning products as you can make fresh products for single use while avoiding plastic containers in storage.
6. Make your Shampoo at home
You can easily make shampoo with natural ingredients that are typically available and found in your home. Homemade organic shampoo reduces the risk of harmful chemicals present in ordinary shampoos from getting also into the water supply through bathroom drains. Moreover, natural and nontoxic ingredients are harmless for your hair and can be customized as per your hair needs. You can store the shampoo in reusable containers to avoid plastic packaging making your bathroom clean and green.
