4 Common Household Items That Harm the Environment // Eco-Friendly Sustainable Swaps
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- Опубліковано 24 вер 2020
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How common household items and products actually have a hidden harm to the environment and the eco-friendly sustainable lifestyle swaps you can make to help reduce your harm to wildlife and the planet!
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What's your favourite eco-friendly product or DIY alternative?
You can wash/cleanse/moisture/....your face by applying equal amounts of lemon extract and rose water(natural preferably) for half and hour or maybe less and then wash it off. It's an old Indian traditional practice. Been using it for a year now and it works wonders on all skin types. No need for any other product. Could use almond or coconut oil in winters maybe.
The soap and toothpaste’s they give to people in behavioral centers and jail-houses are my favorite.
You can make your own cleaning supplies. fun,cheap and defo the best way to go in terms of helping the environment.
Dr Bronners magic soap for all backpacking and camping and one for all, used for all soap at home. Dr. Teals lavender conditioner. Detergent 7 generations been great.
I make my own toothpaste using baking soda, coconut oil, and peppermint extract. :)
I want to learn too. I'll Google it 👍
I never considered going with bamboo toilet paper. I'll have to convert to that and look into it for paper towels as well! Thanks!
I need to do the switch to bamboo paper towels too. I still occasionally use them for cleaning really gross messes I don’t want to use my kitchen towels for.
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I'm studying water management in Québec, so take what I'm saying with a grain of salt, I'm new to this. I'm taught it's true that most sewage treatment facilities don't have the required equipment to oxidize/filter/decant Nitrate and Phosphate. Some will have aerated ponds where they send the waste water from homes and industries. They use air blowers to feed Oxygen to bacteria. The bacteria will help with nitrification, which is when NH4+(toxic) is transformed into NO3−(not toxic). But that NH3- is still food for algae and if released in a natural environment will cause eutrophication and leave no oxygen for other life forms. But there is a bigger problem. Some (if not most) of the Nitrate and Phosphate released into the environment comes from agriculture. The soil in the fields is charged with Nitrate and Phosphate, them being the food for the crops. When it rains heavily, the soil will run off in the field's drains, carrying the precious Nitrate and Phosphate with it. These drain are not connected to the sewage system, so the sewage treatment facility can't do a thing about it. It will run through these drains and straight into rivers/lakes/wetlands. There is a way to minimize the loss of soil from the fields and it's surrounding them with riparian buffer strips. This is a strip of about 3 meters of vegetation that will act as a barrier, preventing the soil from running off to the drain. These plants will also feed off the Nitrate and Phosphate run offs so less of it ends up in the environment. The problem with that is the farmer loses about 4% of cultivable land, but the gouvernement still taxes them for it. So obviously, farmers (whose income is already stretched thin) are reluctant to install the riparian buffer strips. It's added work for them to maintain it too. From my perspective, the consequences of not having them is too great, so we must find a way to help farmers with this task. Sorry for the long comment and my choppy English. Thanks for the videos, they really helped me find out what kind of jobs I will look for when I graduate. Take care!
Wow, this is great information - thanks for sharing your knowledge in this subject!!
I've been using torn up fresh english ivy leaves instead of detergent because it's invasive where I live and also free
Whoa Ive never heard of this but its also invasive and everywhere here! Do you put it in a satchet and throw it in with the laundry or do you soak/handwash with it?
@@kristina_lynn I do the former, but I'm sure handwashing would work similarly, I just haven't looked into it. It's gotten rid of smells from when my cat pees on things so I'm pretty happy with it
Another point about detergent I don't know about other people but I suddenly became allergic to chemical detergents and moved to a more natural based detergents. I really want to try the soap nuts though my mom was saying she used them when she was growing up in India.
This video is so helpful!
Glad it helped you! 😊😊
Kristina Lynn wow I can’t believe you replied! I love your videos!
Thanks so much for educating people with your channel, everyone needs to hear this stuff!!!
We Indians use environmental diys in many things. Like we use banana leaf as plate, hand as spoon. This is good way and nit harmful for our environment.
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Yeh I started thinking about the scent thing more when I noticed I had bought scented toilet roll by mistake, I just thought wtf - why the hell would you want scented toilet paper, and most of these scents are man-made chemicals these days too (that can mess with our hormones), you'd think their trying to create health problems for us all while making more money to line their pockets... but like you say there is good in that some of us have more of a choice to avoid what we can. Thanks for making the informative vid :)
Scented toilet paper 😭😭 why?!
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I love these videos about sustainable living, please make more!!!
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Hi your channel is amazing cause its very informational while being entertaining. Im an aspiring environmental scientist (gonna take envi sci in the future) and I just wanna say thank you for being an inspiration to me and countless others!!
I think the biggest barrier to get people to adopt these alternative options is probably cost. So many people I know are living paycheck to paycheck and can’t afford to pay more for these everyday products.
That said, I remember listening to an interview with a climate scientist (forget his name) who said that if we could get everyone *WHO BELIEVES IN CLIMATE CHANGE* to spend $1/month on slowing global warming it would have a massive impact. I will spend that dollar on better laundry detergent this month.
I never think about the laundry fragrance that will harm the environment and I've been using them for a long time. Maybe it is time to make a change.
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Super interesting video!
Thanks Greg!
Thank you for this video! It´s so important to talk about the environmental impacts of the products we use daily and often even take for granted. I think bamboo toilet paper is a great idea, but I wonder whether its high durability can cause any problems in the wastewater treatment plants. Do you know about any studies on that topic?
i only use soap and water.
I love the message, but also where did you get those earrings!?
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ehehe- time to link this video in my english paper
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I just did a little bit of research and it looks like the bamboo toilet paper is in fact more sustainable (the bleaching process is less toxic than conventional)!
I have become suspicious of some bamboo products. It turns out that bamboo rayon fabric is made using a *highly* toxic process, and the resulting fabric is also toxic to the wearer. Plus, the end fabric may contain little to no actual bamboo. Greenwashing :( I do believe bamboo is an amazing fibre for many other uses, though.
Interesting about the bamboo fabric, I didn’t know that! I haven’t researched the fabric because to be honest I can’t really afford the price points they sell them at, I pretty much just buy from the thrift store which doesn’t have much of that fabric. I’m going to do a bit more research into that
@@kristina_lynn My area of entry was underwear. I was looking for sustainable panties that weren't made in sweatshops, and paid a LOT for some "ethical" bamboo ones. Little did I know the fabric is toxic to the reproductive system :S And now like what do I do with them lol
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