It’s hard to stay environmentally friendly and equally important health friendly when doing any kind of construction or home improvements. Everything is made of toxic chemicals and many companies market themselves as green, but what does that really mean? For example, we went to Home Depot and bought the Pink Panther fiber glass insulation. It says on the packaging that is it certified “green approved” and even talked about using 40% recycled glass content. All of this sounds great, and you can even get a tax rebate for making “green” improvements. However, the fiber glass insulation contains “trace” amounts of formaldehyde. I won’t go into why formaldehyde is bad for you, but it is.
After installing our Pink Panther “green” insulation, we decided to take it down and replace it with recycled cotton (Levi's jeans) insulation from our local eco-friendly home repairs store, Green Depot. I think in the end we made the right decision although it was not the cheap or easy one.
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| Ryan installs the recycled cotton insulation. |
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| Close up of the insulation. You can see the bit of blue jean here. |
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If I am allowed to comment on our own post, I wanted to add that in the end, the insulation that we pulled down was given to someone who used it in their house so there was no waste!
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