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So many things labeled “green” are actually far from being truly environmentally friendly. It is no different in the case of pots and pans marked “green kitchen utensils”. This disguise is so great that many pots and pans are painted green and therefore are even labeled “green” or eco-friendly (type eco-friendly pots in the search engine, results include green-colored pots), while Sam green paint contains toxic ingredients that are in many ways harmful to food and the environment.
What determines the ecological value of a product is really what is inside or what it consists of. In conclusion, there are mainly 3-4 aspects that determine the planet-friendly value of a product:
What is it made of:
The raw material plays an important role in creating an environmentally friendly product. If the raw material is toxic, the product can never be called green or eco-friendly. In the case of cookware, the metals traditionally used to make cookware release many toxic by-products during extraction, extraction, processing and finishing. Raw material harvesting requires massive deforestation to create mines and quarries (for the ceramic components of kitchen utensils), which has an impact on nature and the lives of people living nearby. Can it be organic? No way!
How it’s done?
Even if you choose an ecological raw material, the method of production can have an environmental impact if chemicals are used at any stage and if toxic liquid or gaseous waste is released into the environment. It is important that the production process does not affect the environment or the health of the people working in it.
How it’s working?
Another deciding factor is how is it cooked? Most cookware with non-stick coatings release toxic fumes when heated, which is harmful to the environment. Most metal cookware requires high temperatures to achieve anything while cooking. This is because the metals heat and cool at the same time, and more heat is needed to cook the same food compared to a true organic pot (read on to find out which one is).
Another important aspect is what happens at the end of their life cycle: truly organic cookware should be fully biodegradable. The treatment of non-biodegradable waste is a challenge facing the world, and if a product is not biodegradable, it is certainly not environmentally friendly.
The only pot that is green in all 4 aspects is pots made of pure clay:
The raw material is completely natural and non-toxic. It does not affect the environment during collection or processing. In fact, people working with pure clay found it to have a therapeutic effect on their health. So the raw material is really ecological – CHECK!
Pure clay pots are produced without the use of chemicals. They are made in the old-fashioned way on a potter’s wheel with skillful hands and are certainly not harmful to the environment. This time-honored method of making pots from pure clay makes its manufacturing process completely green – CHECK!
When pots made of this healthy material cook food, they do not flush out toxins or destroy nutrients. On the contrary, they cook food with the gentle far-infrared heat that keeps the nutritional value of the food intact. Moreover, at the end of their useful life cycle, they can be removed anywhere – they will return to the same soil they came from without harming the environment, making them fully biodegradable and therefore environmentally friendly – CHECK!
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Source by Sharon Ray