video: BETTER LIVING: Eco-Friendly Fireplace Logs
Thursday, January 06, 2011
Another snowstorm is on the way, and lifestyle expert Candita Clayton has great ideas for eco-friendly fireplace logs. Are they the cleanest-burning thing you can use? How green are they?
Candita recommends...
Enviro-Log: Made of 100 percent recycled wax old corrugated cardboard (WOCC). They generate more energy per pound than wood or other firelog brands, burn 60-70 percent cleaner than wood, and can be used for cooking, heating, and recreational purposes. Other features include:
- Made from 100 percent recycled, non-toxic materials (food-grade wax and cardboard)
- 50% more energy per pound
- 30% less emissions
- 80% less carbon monoxide
- 86% less creosote
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Java Log: Made from coffee grounds recycled from retail outlets, manufacturing plants, office buildings, and homes, this product has more to crow about:
- Diverts 12 million pounds of coffee grounds from landfills per year
- Emits up to 78% less carbon monoxide and up to 66% less creosote than cordwood fires
- Features renewable all natural-based waxes
Where to get them: Enviro-Logs are available at major hardware and grocery retails, as well as at Whole Foods, and online, here. Pine Mountain Products (Java-Log) are available at major hardware retailers, markets, Target and Walmart and also online, here.
Candita Clayton is the founder of Your Life Organized and author of Clean Your Home Healthy. Visit her online, here.
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