Eco-friendly Bathroom Tips

Turn your lavatory into a lean, green and water-conserving machine.

Water is one of the world’s most precious resources, and the biggest source of water usage inside the average home is flushing toilets. When you follow these helpful eco-friendly bathroom tips, you will become as focused on water conservation as we are.

 

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Make important upgrades.

Adding a low-flow showerhead, a low-flow faucet aerator and a dual-flush toilet can all help reduce water usage.

Fix leaks.

A leaky faucet can waste 212 gallons of water a month! Check for worn out seals, buildup, corrosion or loose parts.

Use green cleaning products.

Keep your bathroom clean and chemical-free with a product that doesn’t use harsh chemicals. Take it one step further by making your own from common household ingredients, and you’ll know exactly what’s in the spray bottle.

Choose showers, not baths.

A typical bath uses 35-50 gallons of water, but a nice, hot 10-minute shower from a low-flow showerhead only uses about 25 gallons. Cut that number down even further by taking a quicker shower.

Buy eco-friendly toilet paper.

Consider toilet paper made from bamboo pulp or a high recycled content that is totally chlorine-free (TCF) or processed chlorine-free (PCF). If every U.S. household replaced just one virgin-fiber roll of toilet paper a year with a roll made from 100% recycled paper, it would save about 425,000 trees annually!

Install LED lights.

Make an eco-friendly switch by swapping old halogen or incandescent bulbs for more energy-efficient and longer-lasting LEDs (light-emitting diodes).

Make your lifestyle even more eco-friendly by using clean energy.

Our customers have avoided

 

pounds of CO2

That’s like planting

 

new trees.