A guide to a more environmentally friendly bathroom
A guide to a more environmentally friendly bathroom - Lifestyle
Here at Bathshop321.com we get to look at a wide variety of lovely bathroom products every day. It must seem weird then that we spend so much time promoting using your bathroom and then blog about how to use it less! We all have a responsibility to promote the best use of our products and help customers make wise product choices that help the environment. This is going to be a two part blog, Part One about why we should save water and some practical everyday hints. In Part Two I will recommend some items that are available to domestic customers that may mean a small change but can make a big difference.
Bathshop321.com’s Guide to a more environmentally friendly bathroom
Here at Bathshop321.com we get to look at a wide variety of lovely bathroom products every day. It must seem weird then that we spend so much time promoting using your bathroom and then blog about how to use it less! We all have a responsibility to promote the best use of our products and help customers make wise product choices that help the environment. This is going to be a two part blog, Part One about why we should save water and some practical everyday hints. In Part Two I will recommend some items that are available to domestic customers that may mean a small change but can make a big difference.
According to the Environment Agency, the average person uses 150 litres of water every day – to help illustrate imagine 264 pints of milk- literally being poured down the drain! We know our population is growing and as a result our demands on the earth’s natural resources are increasing. We all need to think about ways to save water and as we are in the market of promoting the use of water we thought we need to do our bit too!
I’m sure you have all heard the following tips – but it’s worth repeating them.
- Turn off the tap whilst you are washing your face and brushing your teeth.
- Put the plug in! Simple but effective!
- Instead of running the bath tap until the water is the right temperature, put the plug in straight away and get the temperature perfect as you go along – if you are like me you always make it too hot!
- When you finish in the bath take a moment after the water has drained to rinse the bath out – bath shower mixers are perfect for this. This lessens the build-up of bathroom grime and means less reliance on nasty chemicals.
- If you have a shower cubicle use a squeegee after each use to remove surface water – again this lessens the need for nasty chemicals.
- If you aren’t one for using lots of bubbles, for example after bathing a baby consider re-using the water for your household plants or for hand washing clothing
- Consider whether you really have to flush. Some people use their toilet as a waste bin and will flush down snotty tissues rather than waiting until the next ‘visit’.
- Have a shower instead of a bath – a standard shower uses less water than a bath (unless you have a power shower- when decreasing the time spent is the key)
These are everyday practical tips that I think we can all do that just mean a change in mind-set rather than inconvenience and expense.
There are a number of products that are available for free from your utility company to promote water saving in the bathroom. Items are either free or reduced in price, however, these vary by region so follow this link and click on your utility company to see what is available in your area: http://www.savewatersavemoney.com
A brief overview of what’s available includes:-
- Shower Regulators – claims to save around 12,000 litres of water per year
- Single or Twin Tap Inserts – claims to save water and money every time the tap is turned
- 4 minute timers – so you can see how long you have been in the shower – set yourself a daily challenge to get out quicker! Power showers for instance can pump out between 6-14 litres per minute
- Save-A-Flush/ Hippo systems – http://www.hippo-the-watersaver.co.uk/ – these devices fit inside older cisterns (generally pre 1993) to save water with each flush.
This website offers great consumer advice from around the whole household and even more suggestions about the importance of saving water (and ultimately money) see: http://www.savewatersavemoney.co.uk/
We all need to do our bit to save the environment.
In the next part of this blog I will explore more products available for your bathroom which can help reduce water wastage.
