When you drink water, you know you should be drinking clean and clear water, free from any germs. There are many water borne diseases and even in developed countries, the water may not be absolutely pure. It is all very well to drink bottled water, but bottled water is extremely environmentally unfriendly – there are too many electricity and plastic and transport costs involved in bottled water.

As such if you can install a simple water purifier at home, you can save money and improve or safeguard your health. The Zuvo Water Purator is a simple device which is easy to install.

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The Steamboy Floor Mop is an eco-friendly mop which leaves floors and surfaces very clean. A vacuum cleaner is mostly used for ‘dry’ cleaning, particularly of carpeted floors and upholstery, but when you have tiled, marbled, granite or hardwood floors, or even floors covered with linoleum you need wet cleaning to be done.

While you can always take a wet mop and mop the floor with chemical cleaners, this is not good for the environment. You may have to bend or squat down (though you can get long-handled mops) if you need to remove encrusted substances from the floor, using manual mops. The kitchen and dining areas always have a tendency to get dirty and mucky with food and drink falling down and this is an easy option to clean the floors.

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Everybody knows that air is getting increasingly polluted with dust and smog particles, air-borne bacteria and viruses and more. Whether you are sensitive or not to the dust, dirt and allergens in the air, wouldn’t you like to breathe cleaner air? Dust mites and other invisible-to-the-naked-eye pollutants can be found inside sofa sets, upholstery, carpets, curtains, and beddings, no matter how clean you keep your house and how often you vacuum.

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The vacuum cleaner may not be used everyday, but is an important part of household and office cleaning. There are many different kinds of vacuum cleaners available in the market, but when you are going out to buy one, it makes sense to get a vacuum cleaner which is powerful so that the clearing is better. If, like the Siemens Z6.0 Eco Vacuum Cleaner, it consumes 50 percent less power it results in being energy efficient and easy on the pocket as well.

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Electrolux has recently introduced its Ultra Silencer Green Vacuum Cleaner which not only efficiently cleans your house, but also does so silently. Even though it has a powerful 1250 watts motor, it works so that it reduces noise pollution.

And it is environmentally friendly because it is made of 55 percent recycled plastics. Supposed to be world’s most eco-friendly vacuum cleaner it is made from plastics reclaimed from cars, thus reducing overall energy usage by 90 percent in its manufacture when compared to virgin plastics. It is also 90 percent recyclable.

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It is all very well to use an electric blender in the kitchen where it has its own designated place and take a few seconds to do the work. However, when you are going outdoor, maybe on vacation, or camping or trekking, this is a handy environmentally friendly gadget which you can keep in your camper or vehicle.

Using it, you can make your smoothies, cocktails, sauces, crushed ice, pancake batters and more. It does not use electricity, you just have to hand crank it to use it. It comes with a clamp so you can clamp it to a table or flat surface to make it easier to crank.

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The Audioengine A5 Powered Bookshelf Speakers are an all in one speakers/amplifier combo. The sound is great and the speakers are eco friendly, being made of bamboo, though it does not look like bamboo because it is superheated through a special process and have a rich caramel color.
 
Even though they are termed bookshelf speakers, they can be used with any audio system, including CD/DVD players, television, gaming consoles and iPods. This company’s products are all eco-friendly because they use no stains or paints and the finish is sealed with hand-rubbed water-based satin polyurethane. They are 100 percent lead-free and the company is using environmentally friendly binders, resins and formaldehyde-free adhesives in its speaker cabinets and assembly.

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One would not think that the commonly used hair dryer could be environmentally friendly because in any case it runs on electricity. But the Barbar Ceramic Hair Dryer is just that. The 8000 Professional Hair Dryer has a sturdy ceramic heating element instead of the usual electric heating coils. These last longer and are more ecologically sustainable.

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Belkin’s Surge Protector

This is one gadget which allows you to shut down all the gadgets which use phantom power – power that you do not even realize is being used. This power is totally wasted, just because some devices are always on. If you want to be environmentally friendly, you need to conserve electricity.

For instance in the kitchen your microwave may come with a timer which will always be glowing in the dark. So will your television, your entertainments center, your modem and various other gadgets. Some of them have a little red light which glows in the dark and you just have to use the remote to switch them on.

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In Europe and North America many people do not use a ceiling fan because the weather is not conducive to its usage. If it is too hot, people use air conditioners (or central cooling systems) and if it is too cold, then radiators or heating systems are the norm. These are massive energy hogs and are not eco friendly.  But in tropical countries or in places which have balmy weather ceiling and are not so hot that you need an air conditioner, a ceiling fan will do such fine.

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