GREENSCORE
 
GREENSCORE is a "green" practice and product scoring or rating system. Discover your impact on the environment. while learning to identify true "green" products.
 
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Personal Care that strikes a balance between products that make our lives better or easier but that may have unintended impacts on our lifestyle and the environment. While many products are intended to improve our quality of life (such as turning on the stereo to listen to a favorite jazz musician or cooking a cozy meal on your gas stove), the manufacture, use, and disposal of household products impacts our environment.
 
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Shop less and reuse instead. You may find that many items at home are multi-purpose?
Reduce waste? Buy consumable items such as foods in bulk to reduce packaging? Bring reusable canvas bags when shopping. Install a water filtration system instead of lugging home gallons of water in non-reusable containers?
Think before your throw? Before throwing anything away, consider reuse and recycling options?
Conserve energy? Choose EnergyStar-rated appliances? Unplug appliances when not in use? Replace standard light bulbs with energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulbs or light-emitting diodes (LEDs)?
Clean wisely? Use less-toxic household cleaning products made from natural ingredients and without petrochemicals? You can make your own effective alternatives, or purchase commercial formulations.
Choose organic cotton and renewable fibers: towels, linens, diapers, rugs, pillows and clothing?
Buy natural products? Look for soap, shampoo, toothpaste, and other personal care products (including care products for your pets!) that are 100% natural?
Buy recycled products? Look for products made from post-consumer recycled materials and put the materials you recycle to good use? Products range from outdoor furniture and decking to glassware.
Redecorate with your health and the environment in mind? Choose low-VOC (volatile organic compound) paints and natural plant-based finishes? Use natural flooring products such as bamboo, recycled glass tiles, and area rugs made from natural fibers such as hemp and sisal?
Reduce paper waste? Use cloth napkins and towels instead of paper products? When in the home office, print on both sides of paper? Look for paper products that are made without chlorine? Refill your printer ink with remanufactured cartridges?
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