Getting Down and Dirty with Recycling - Eco Friendly Home and Building Designs / Green Building Directory - Eco Friendly Home and Building Designs / Green Building Directory

by ShannonBJADE

Have you made the commitment of recycling? Have you cleaned some shelves off in your garage and purchased sorting bins but wonder now what to do? On the other hand, maybe you have not made any special purchase and want to know how to begin.

Although you may be thrilled at the idea of saving the planet from human destruction, you may naturally speculate whether or not a manufacturer is being truthful since you do not understand what their claim means.

Organic - When a label claims organic, its producer is making the claim that the product is grown organically, without the use harmful chemicals found in fertilizers and pesticides or that it is manufactured using organic produce. Organic foods are grown without the use of toxic fertilize or pesticide, while organic fabrics are made of organically grown materials, such as cotton. Keep in mind that organic farming does not include the use of chemicals.

Certified organic labels means that the claims of the producer have been checked and found as true of the practices of farming organically. Various certifying agencies feature various guidelines for manufacturers to abide by, although they do have the same intent. Someone is making sure that manufacturers are abide by the regulations. One such example is Australian Certified Organic, have one of their nine government accredited agencies of Australia audit any questionable manufacturer to find out if the product is indeed organically produced. You should consider that a certified organic product carries more credibility than that of a product claiming to be organic.

USDA Certified is the United States Department of Agriculture, it has various programs designed especially for making sure that consumer products are what they claim to be. The USDA will certify organic farms when they know the farm makes a continual practice of avoidance concerning the use of synthetic fertilize or pesticide. Consumer confidence much like this is featured by many other countries and organizations. Remember you can trust that a product is organically produced when the label claims to be USDA Certified.

Paper: You can recycle paper, cardboard, newspapers, mail, catalogs, magazines and phone books. You can also recycle shoeboxes, pizza boxes, toilet paper rolls, gift wrap and paper towel rolls as well. Just about anything made of paper or cardboard is recyclable, just make sure to clean out any food particles.

Why do I care? Well, of course your standards are personal, you choose the products you will consume. If you are going green, you will want these things to matter and make a difference. I mean, what would be the point of purchasing organic clothing if the manufacturer just plasters any old label on the product just because you would be tempted to purchase it because of a eco-friendly label?

You will know what to look for by educating yourself and you will not be tricked.

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