Sierra Club Green Home

Let’s talk toilets. They use more water than anything else in our homes, accounting for as much as 40% of indoor water consumption. Since 1994, federal law has mandated that new toilets use no more than 1.6 gallons per flush. All toilets sold in the U.S. are low-flow toilets, although in the toilet trade they’re actually called “ultra low flush toilets” or ULFTs.

Keep them humming for a healthy home

When your bathroom mirror fogs up after a shower, it’s more than a personal grooming challenge. It’s a reminder to turn on the fan. You say it’s already on, and there’s still fog? Then it probably isn’t big enough to protect your bathroom from the ravages of moisture. In [...]

Shower curtains are all about bathroom preservation. Without them, water can wreak havoc. The area around the edges of the shower stall–where the tile meets the wall–needs particular attention.

A natural dry
Unless you are air-drying your body out in the sun after a shower under a waterfall, your basic bath towel and bath mat are pretty much essential to any household.
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Wash carefully. To keep your towels looking nice longer, wash white towels separately to avoid discoloration. Wash dark-color towels separately for the [...]