greywater-recycling / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Gray water recycling for toilets, how does it work? The Eco Bath concept is simple: use the waste water from the sink to flush the adjoining toilet. The execution is nothing less than stylish. Though compact, the Eco Bath’s water tank is comprised of two compartments, one that holds drainage water from the adjoining si...

Greywater heat recovery for slab on grade homes - is it possible? Sustainable construction is on the move! It seems almost every day a new and innovative product shows up on the market that is more efficient, more effective, greener and healthier. We regularly cruise the web looking for such gems and our latest find is...

What is gray water? Or indeed grey water! The term 'gray water recycling' refers to all domestic waste water that is drained from sinks, showers, bathtubs and washing machines. While gray water can be reused, water from kitchen sinks or dishwashers is generally not recycled as it contains substantial amounts of grease ...

Ideally, we would produce no waste. Unfortunately, that is an ideal that is hard to achieve for many of us. We can all strive to come as close as possible to a zero-waste lifestyle and incorporate simple lifestyle changes at home.  In the meantime, here is some advice to responsibly dispose of waste. Curbside pickup of...

At last, a packaged solution for gray water treatment & recycling - the Hydraloop Reducing home water consumption is an increasingly important issue, as the world is already facing a global water shortage crisis. We don’t think much about it in Canada & America because most of us have yet to suffer the extreme ...

Spending more time at home in the last few months since Covid-19 redefined our reality has presented many with an opportunity to clean, rearrange furniture and make lifestyle modifications. One thing we noticed at home was that some of the items that found their way into our recycle bin, or worse, the trash bin, really...

Drain water heat recovery: a homeowner's & pro's guide Drain water heat recovery (DWHR) is a passive energy-saving technology that captures heat from gray water before it disappears down the sewer. In a typical home, heating water is often the second largest energy expense after space heating. By using a heat exch...

The current fate of older homes is typically one of demolition, sadly, rather than deconstruction. The relatively low-cost of the industrial waste stream has made it cheaper and more profitable to indiscriminately tear down a home and load it into dumpsters for removal.   This approach results in rapidly filling landfi...

Recycling solar panels - a growing need The need to reduce carbon emissions to slow runaway climate change generates demand for renewable energy, and rooftop solar power generation is the most accessible option available to the average homeowner. In 2022, North America was predicted to rise to more than 400 GW by 2030 ...

Pallet beds - cool but potentially dangerous! We've all seen these rustic shabby-chic pallet wood beds & headboards on social media - these days it seems we can't get enough of being creatively frugal and independent - but while certain pallets are a great source of rustic wood with character for repurposing, other...

Do Tru-Earth Eco-Strips laundry detergent actually get clothes clean? Any new product such as this can be met instantly with skepticism, or at least perhaps ‘curiosity’ as to whether they will work as well as claimed. So the first question – Do Tru Earth laundry detergent strips actually work? We tried these laundry st...