With many consumers becoming more environmentally aware and sustainable in their homes, we explore key eco-friendly products for the kitchen that must be invested in…
1. Food waste disposers
Did you know that the UK churns out 15 million tonnes of food waste a year with seven million tonnes generated by households1, resulting in a huge strain on landfill sites. Rotting food waste emits around 21 million tonnes of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere every year2, causing further damage to the environment.
Health conscious consumers are preparing more food at home, from scratch, resulting in an increased amount of inedible food waste. Despite our best efforts, a proportion of food waste, such as vegetable peelings, is inevitable. An InSinkErator® food waste disposer is the ideal solution for this growing problem, when home composting is not possible.
Our food waste disposer allows food waste to be dealt with instantly, hygienically and in a sustainable manner, with the further benefits of saving space and improving cleanliness in the kitchen. Food waste is ground into minute sized particles, thanks to the innovative system of stainless steel grinding rings. The food waste is then dispatched and simply rinsed away safely down the drain, through the standard plumbing.
Not only does this offer an alternative to traditional disposal methods, but by reducing food waste to landfill sites, it also helps to reduce greenhouse gases and the household’s carbon footprint. In addition, and where there is an anaerobic digester within the sewerage system, the nutrients from the food waste can be recovered and turned into biogas and fertiliser.
Our recommended food waste disposer - M Series 66
2. Combination taps
Of the 35.8 million plastic bottles that are used every day in the UK, 16 million of them are not recycled3. The non-recycled bottles, therefore, end up in landfill or in the ocean, affecting the sea-life and the environment. Research conducted by the United Nations highlighted that plastic drinking bottles are the second most common single-use plastic found in the environment4. Plastic drinking bottles, along with food wrappers, plastic straws and take-away containers, are products of a throwaway culture, where plastic is treated as a disposable material, rather than a valuable resource4.
At the touch of a button, the InSinkErator® 4N1 Touch Tap provides instant, filtered, cold water, therefore, consumers with a 4N1 Touch Tap can benefit by having instant filtered water readily available in their own home, reducing the need to purchase bottled water; especially when a variety of re-fillable drinking bottles are widely available.
Our 4N1 Touch tap also safely dispenses filtered steaming hot water, and regular hot and cold options, from the same fixture. According to the Energy Saving Trust, 40 per cent of households boil the kettle at least four times a day, with 75 per cent admitting to boiling more water than they need5; accounting for a significant amount of water and energy wasted every year. You can save water, energy and time with the 4N1 Touch Tap.
The 4N1 Touch is available in three different shapes; the L Shape, the J Shape or the U Shape, to complement a variety of kitchen styles. All three 4N1 Touch shapes are available in traditional finishes of Brushed Steel or Polished Chrome as well as the on-trend finish of Velvet Black. A stylish, affordable combined fixture; the 4N1 Touch is designed and made in Italy with a solid, premium, low lead brass composition, adding extended reliability.
Our recommended 4N1 Tap – 4N1 Touch L Shape Steaming Hot Water Tap
Sources:
1 /en-gb/blog/food-waste-facts-uk
2 COP21: Drone to monitor rubbish dump gases
3 https://www.recyclenow.com/what-to-do-with/plastic-bottles-0
4 United Nations Environment Programme: Single-Use Plastics - A Roadmap for Sustainability
