Do you want to:
- Build an eco-friendly house?
- Insulate your roof with natural materials?
- Buy a natural carpet?
- Use renewable heating fuels?
- Look no further: You can do all this and more using plant-derived materials.
The NNFCC Shopping Guide contains information on all the possibilities for using renewable materials to build, redecorate and do DIY. Renewable materials usually represent a better choice for the environment than synthetic materials. They often bring other advantages too: for example, some plant-based materials are excellent insulators: this can save money on heating bills.
Other properties that can be provided by renewable materials include:
- a 'warmer' feel
- low carbon dioxide emissions and
- low fumes
- non-toxic products
- safe and easy to handle and use
- historical materials
In this shopping guide you can find suppliers of renewable materials for your house and garden. The products featured are all available in the UK; they may not be manufactured here. There is a short description of each product, and we encourage you to visit company websites to find out more.
For useful comparisons of different building materials, along with another directory of sustainable building products, please visit the GreenSpec website.
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