What household products do you consider NOT to be environmentally friendly?

Question

For example:

Floor sweepers and mops with the disposable pads
Plastic grocery bags (even if you use them as garbage bags)
Air fresheners (particularly the plug-in style)
Single serving soups for microwaves (the ones with the plastic lip used during heating)
Fertilizers
Take-out food containers
Batteries
Night-lights
TV's, DVD/VCR's, Stereos etc... that draw power when not in use
Ad mail (e.g. flyers)

Noon... you need to do a little more homework on the life-cycle of plastic bags!

Answer 1

Fridge/freezers, of course they must be left on
Electric clocks
Digi-boxes, which the providers (such as Sky) say have to be left on standby when off
Gas ovens, ours has to be plugged into the electrical supply to enable it to work, so it's using both gas and electric
Packaging that can't be recycled
Disposable nappies and sanitary towels
Baby wipes
Spray deodorant(s)
Rodents hutches and cages (such as for rabbits) when you use newspapers to line them. You can't recycle the newspaper once it's used and you have to use a lot of newspaper if it's a large hutch/cage.

As for admail such as paper flyers, we have brown wheely bins, which are used to put any waste that can be composted (that our council allows us to). We are allowed to shread paper (I shread a lot of mine) and put it into the bins, which will go towards composting. Normal paper and magazines can be put into our other recycling bin(s). So it's not all bad about junk mail/flyers, unless you mean a different kind of material which can't be recycled.

Answer 2

I'm not sure what your problem with plastics is. Did you ever consider the fact that most plastics are made from petroleum and that this fixes the carbon so that it will not be released as CO2?

And what about Ad mail, this is mostly paper, produced from a renewable resource and biodegradeable.

Batteries, please explain

Fertilizers, these make plants grow, how is that bad?

Night-lights, TV's etc with standby features, well maybe a little bit.

Answer 3

Add to your list:

drain cleaners and other harsh chemicals
dishwashing detergents containing phosphates
outdated electronics - computers, monitors, etc. - contain hazardous materials

Answer 4

I agree with your list with one comment:

Fertilizers - what you mean is synthetic fertilizers. There are many organic fertilizers, when use properly, do not cause environmental issues.