Tag: Bathrooms - Page 3
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Waterless Urinals Introduced for Home Use
Sami and I have been preoccupied with pee for a long time, wondering why we don't have urinals in our homes. After all, they use a lot less water than a toilet and are probably more sanitary as it is harder to miss.
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RUBBiSH: Recycled Rubber Tire Sinks From Minarc
From Earthships and building materials, to water filters, shoes and bags, old rubber tires have long been a veritable gold mine when it comes to material reuse potential. Now Santa Monica, California-based design
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Phyto-Purification Shower Filters Gray-Water with Grass
This very well may be the strangest green bathroom shower concept we've seen in quite awhile. The Phyto-Purification Bathroom concept wants to both make you feel like you're showering in a pond and recycle your gray water. While
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Organic Bath-Time Luxury from the Land of Hamams
A Turkish brother-and-sister team combine two of their country's distinctive offerings: the hamam, or Turkish bath, and organic cotton.
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Pissing Match: Wired On The Battle Over Waterless Urinals
In February we wrote What is the Cause of "Stinky Situation" With Waterless Urinals?, covering the fight between the plumbers' unions and the manufacturers of waterless urinals.
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Kimberly-Clark Disposable Hand Towels for the Home Belie Sustainability Promise
"Kimberly-Clark has long recognized the importance of corporate responsibility and integrated the concept of sustainability in our business practices," the FAQ on Kleenex Hand Towels reassuringly announces. "At
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Popup Pissoir Solves Wee Problem
What is the perfect thing if you are sitting at your pop-up table and having a beer or three? A pop-up urinal! In a lot of older cities, there is a shortage of toilets and a surplus of beer. The result often is public peeing. But if we are
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Save Energy with Glow in the Dark Toilet Paper
Behold: glow in the dark toilet paper! No need to turn on the light for those late-night ventures to the bathroom,. Toilet paper has been the subject of considerable drama here on the ole' TreeHugger. Sadly, the softer it is, the worse it is for old
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What is the Cause of "Stinky Situation" With Waterless Urinals?
Four years ago, Local 690 of the Philadelphia Plumbers Union caused outrage in the green world by refusing to install waterless urinals in the Comcast center
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Negawatts From the Men's Room
See the bee? Aim the pee. Photo Sfegette via flickr. Chasing negawatts, the energy that you don't use, is a popular pursuit these days for cash-strapped states, and California is turning out to be excellent at it. Negawatts (a term Amory Lovins came up
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Flush Less Water Down the Drain with Greener Bathroom Materials
Despite being one of the smaller rooms in most homes, the modern bathroom serves many purposes. It's a sanctuary, a room for pampering, and where we clean ourselves, but it's also where myriad household
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Green Materials Guide: Your Guide to Materials for Green Home Improvement, Remodeling and Renovation (Slideshow)
There are few simple choices when it comes to building or renovating a home. From colors to style, location to design, there's an awful lot to consider; part of that consideration is the impact each step
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The Scat is Out of the Bag: The Adventure of Our Butts and Toilet Tips from TreeHugger
After writing a post a few weeks ago about the environmental impact of plush toilet paper production, "The Adventure of Our Butts" was brought to my attention. This Story of Stuff-like video gives a graphic--but not too graphic--narrative of Billy, a
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Is it Wallpaper? Is it Wood? 15 Reasons to Look Twice at Tile (Slideshow)
With roots dating back to the Egyptians and the Romans, why do we always try to stick tile in the bathroom or the kitchen? After attending Italian tile trade show Cersaie, it became clear that this construction material is
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City of Los Angeles Approves Waterless Urinals for All Buildings
And not just any urinals, the lucky winner is the H2Zero waterless urinal by Caroma, which beat out the competition to win this huge endorsement from one of the largest cities in the United States. Plus, green builders looking to get their permit
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Illuminating Candle Pollution
You can add paraffin candles to the list of seemingly mundane objects that can negatively affect your indoor air quality. According to a new study put out by American Chemical Society, burning candles is a common and long
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Clever Toothbrush Stops Paste Waste with Haste
One of the first times I met Graham Hill, the founder of TreeHugger, he told me about growing up in a household where practical environmental behavior was the norm. "My mom always taught us to use all the toothpaste in the tube before
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The H2Orb Flushes Your Leaky Toilet Troubles Away
It's easy to ignore, that little ripple of water in your toilet tank that you think might be a leak, but you don't have time and you're really not sure. The next time you pop a squat, there it is again, mocking you,
