Kitchen & Cooking
7 things you can do to Green Your Kitchen & Cooking
Grandma's cookies. Mom's creamy mashed potatoes. Dad's Sunday morning waffles. It all starts in the kitchen—center of hearth, home, and comfort food. Unfortunately, your kitchen is also a center of energy and water waste, as well as toxic cleaners. Give your kitchen a green boost with efficient appliances, natural cleaners, and a pantry stocked with eco-friendly edibles.
Choose an ENERGY STAR refrigerator
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Sure, you'll want to avoid taking refrigerator inventory with the door wide open, but you can also cut your fridge's energy use by opting for a power-saving model.
Buy an ENERGY STAR dishwasher
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Green your dish cleanup with one of these energy savers that conserves water and cuts power use by 40 percent.
Choose natural dishwashing soap
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Scrub dishes spotless with soaps that don't pollute waterways, harm health, or foul indoor air.
Practice energy saving cooking tips
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Put a lid on it! Cooking with a lid on your pot—and other simple cooking tricks—can save energy, and maybe even get you out of the kitchen sooner.
Serve eco-friendly food
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Check out these green food ideas for tonight's dinner or your next green party.
Buy a faucet aerator
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Stop water, energy, and money from slipping down your drain by installing low-flow aerators on kitchen faucets.
Choose natural floor cleaner
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Get down and dirty on your kitchen floor with inexpensive, effective, and all-natural floor cleaners.
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