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Protect sealife with a Float-Rope doormat

miss doormat — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:00:34 +0000

Here’s a feel-good company who really make a difference to the environment and raise awareness for a great cause.

Down East Doormats produced by the Maine Float-Rope Company not only save whales and marine life, provide financial assistance to lobstermen, but protect the environment too.

Float-rope was traditionally used by lobstermen to tether lobster traps together, but it is also know to entangle whales leading to injury or death. Consequently, lobstermen have been encourage to replace their float-rope with the antonymously named sink-rope.

The Float-Rope Company provides a financial incentive for lobstermen to recycle their no longer required float-rope at a fair price to ensure that the redundant material isn’t diverted in to landfill sites.

So along with all the great benefits there’s a happy ending for the float-rope too; they get woven into lovely, yet virtually indestructible, brightly coloured waterproof and reversible doormats that work well as bootscrapers. The cost is the only downside with this decidedly cheery campaign to reuse refuse as the smaller mats are 50 dollars a pop.

Alternatively you could make a difference to the environment with this wallet-friendlier eco-doormat which is constructed from 100% recycled tyres and plastic bottles for under 15 quid.

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It’s a real sewer outside, stay indoors!

miss doormat — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:47:30 +0000

We love a good gimmick as much as the next guy, but this one’s well worth a shout out.

Stumbled across by accident, we’ve found a doormat designed to reflect sewer manhole covers, and by golly they look authentic.

24 inches wide (that’s 60cm for the metric lovers among you), there’s definitely plenty of space for even the biggest of clodhoppers to wipe their tootsies on.

To be used indoors and out, this nifty, thrifty (that’s right it’s 25 bucks) doormat is environmentally friendly too as it’s made from 100% recycled rubber.

If the green credentials tickle your fancy but the garish concept doesn’t, then you might be might be able to interest you in this equally environment assisting accessory, that will happily complement your doorstep or hallway.

It’s a more conventionally shaped doormat, but still does its bit for the green count as it’s made entirely out of plastic bottles.

The Eco doormat is washable and incorporates a heavy recycled rubber non-slip backing to help keep you safe around the house, while the raised pattern provides excellent dirt trapping properties.

Available in brown, black, blue and grey, this slightly more sedate doormat option is helpfully under 15 quid to look after your bank balance and the planet.

Plastic Bags Plastic Rugs

miss doormat — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:58:01 +0000

So you want to be green around the home. What do you do? You could start growing your own vegetables, getting back to nature and putting food on the table. You could switch off your lights when you’re not at home, not only saving on valuable energy but also saving pennies.
Or you could opt to buy organic rugs that you know won’t have hurt the environment during their production.
That’s what you’re likely to do if you’re British.
If you’re American, it’s a completely different story, and instead of shopping for a rug. You’re more likely to start reusing old plastic bags. At least that’s what the kids in Wisconsin have been doing. As part of their school art class they’ve been getting the children thinking more creatively recycling. And the outcome of all that has been environmentally friendly floor rugs, made out of carrier bags. Now that’s what we call Art!
Not as attractive as the aforementioned organic rug, but so much more fun to make.

Greener rugs for greener people

clyde — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:50:23 +0000

As the state of the environment continues to become an increasingly prevalent issue in our daily lives its no surprise more people are trying to lower their carbon footprint and generally become more economical. The home is a natural starting point for making changes in the way we live and the products we buy, however too few fashionable home furnishings match the requirements of sustainability.

UK based rug seller Nice Rug counters this propensity by offering a range of rugs made largely from absolutely natural and totally renewable materials. Jute and Sisal offer the endurance of comparable man-made products, but these rugs are also friendlier on the feet, easier on the eye, and light on the buyer’s conscience.

You don’t have to compromise on style either. With a selection of designs that use natural Jute and Sisal to create very different textures, weaves and colours, you are more than likely to find a rug that will compliment your interior design scheme, be it modern or traditional.

In both instances the materials Nice Rug use are from renewable sources. The production of these materials helps safeguard the local environment. Jute for instance is the most environment-friendly fibre starting from the seed to expired fibre, as the expired fibres can be recycled more than once.