April, Earth Month at McLellan Brandsource

Green tips from BOSCH

Cooking:

Use the burner that is the closest match to the pot size. Heat is lost and energy is wasted if the burner size is larger than the pot size.

Steaming vegetables and potatoes is an efficient, easy and healthy way to cook; just cover the base of the pan with water and let the steam do the rest.

Don't preheat your oven for casseroles and meat.

Turn the oven off a few minutes before the food is ready, and let the oven’s heat finish the job.

April, Earth Month at McLellan Brandsource

More Green options from Whirlpool:

Whirlpool Canada has introduced innovations in laundry appliances that significantly reduce energy consumption in the home. The Whirlpool Duet® front-load washer is the most energy efficient machine on the market, taking all elements into consideration. It uses at least 67 per cent less water and electricity than conventional washers, and uses the least amount of water per wash of all other machines of comparable size. This is a substantial savings when you consider most front-load and conventional washing machines use at least 100 litres of water per wash.

April, Earth Month at McLellan Brandsource

One of the most environmentally friendly companies we buy from is Natura. The very heart of this company is organic, and green products.

Take a look at some of the products and innovations from Natura:

•   Shredded latex – We invented the process to rescue latex ends, shred them and use for pillow cores. Less latex in

         landfills and when the pillows have finished their life cycle, they are quicker to biodegrade.

    •    Wool – We are the only mattress/bedding manufacturer in North America to card our own wool, which cuts down 

         on cross-contamination and transportation costs.

    •    Foam products – Our foam products now contain 30% soy (instead of being 100% petroleum based)

    •    All products – In everything we manufacture, there is a percentage of natural and/organic component.

    •    Recycled water bottles – In our eco-green pillow, we use recycled water bottles for the core.

April, Earth Month at McLellan Brandsource

Green tip for today:
Defrost food by putting it in the refrigerator the night before you want to use it. This will cool the refrigerator down and reduce its power consumption.

April, Earth Month at McLellan Brandsource

Whirlpool® brand is committed to making the world a better place by constantly improving products. The new line of energy-efficient appliances saves more of the Earth's resources than ever before.

The EnerGuide Program:

The EnerGuide Program for Major Electrical Household Appliances

EnerGuide is a Government of Canada program designed to help you, the consumer, purchase the most energy-efficient household appliances on the market. Administered by the Office of Energy Efficiency at Natural Resources Canada, the EnerGuide program has two goals: 

• To protect the environment by reducing the demand for energy in Canada and the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change; and 

• To help consumers spend less money on energy.

For more information on the EnerGuide tag, and how to read it, click here.

April, Earth Month at McLellan Brandsource

Our Trica bar stools are a  very well made product and Trica is an environmentally responsible company.
Here is one of the ways Trica is making a difference:


We use recycled and recyclable steel, aluminium, and plastic

Recycled materials require less processing and fewer resources. Technologies are always improving, meaning that recycled plastics and metals are always going up in quality. Depending on the availability and on the suppliers, the steel, aluminium and plastic used by Trica are made from 10% to 80 % of recycled materials. We also recycle 100% of internally generated steel, aluminium, foam and plastic scraps as well as all cardboard, paper and glass.

April, Earth Month at McLellan Brandsource

Every day for the month of April we will be sharing with you what we do to be environmentally friendly. As well as providing information about the companies we do business with, and how they have reduced their impact on the environment.

Keep an eye out for tips we will be sharing on making your home a greener place.We have several product choices that can help you with this as well.

Green tip for today:

Fill it up. Load the washer to capacity when possible, because under-loading uses more energy and water than washing one large load.