One Planet Home

Healthy homes

There are lots of ways you can make your home a healthier place to live

5 tips to save money and the planet

  • 1

    A breath of
    fresh air

    Enjoy fresher air indoors and cut your family's exposure to potentially harmful chemicals by choosing low odour paints with minimal or even zero VOC levels.

    B&Q is proud to stock Naturepaint, our first zero VOC paint. Made from Cornish china clay, any leftovers can even be composted. Learn more

  • 2

    Clean conscience

    Chemicals from cleaning products can get into the water system, and can end up in our streams and rivers. Choosing cleaning products that are non toxic and that have been designed to minimise this impact helps to keep our waterways unpolluted.

    Non toxic cleaning products are also a safer choice for your home.
    View our range of greener cleaning products

  • 3

    Clean without chemicals

    E-Cloths are designed to clean effectively with adding any household chemicals - simply moisten with some water to use.

    View the E-cloth

  • 4

    Choose what to eat

    By growing your own produce, not only will you be able to enjoy the freshest possible vegetables, you will be able to decide for yourself whether to use chemicals in the growing process.

    Choosing organic alternatives helps to reduce the impact your gardening has on the environment.

  • 5

    Get active

    Gardening can help you to build up your fitness levels. Digging, planting, mulching - all can provide a good aerobic workout!

    If you have a small lawn, why not consider a hand mower? Not only will you burn calories, but your electricity or petrol bills will be reduced too!

All about healthy homes

  • Can my home be healthier? Yes. There are plenty of ways to improve the air quality in your home, making it a healthier place to live for you and your family. We've got the lowdown on VOCs and why using fewer chemicals is better for you. Just having more green plants indoors can help.
  • What are VOCs? VOCs stand for Volatile Organic Compounds, which are chemicals found in paints, cleaning products and other household furnishings. VOCs evaporate into the air at room temperature and are thought to harm our health and the environment.
  • Why are zero VOC products better? Minimum-level or zero VOC products cut the amount of chemicals evaporating in your home. These make the air indoors fresher for you and your family. Lower VOC products are thought to alleviate allergy symptoms, headaches, and respiratory problems.
  • Safer, fewer or no chemicals We are continually looking out for new products that can reduce pollutants in your home. In 2012, we introduced Clean Spirit, for example, a water based non toxic alternative to white spirit.

Eat seasonably

www.eatseasonably.co.uk is a campaign which helps you to experience the joy of eating fruit and vegetables at their peak of perfection: better tasting, better for the environment and better yet - better value.

Learn more

B&Q's One Planet Home® programme is an award winning environmental scheme that has been designed to help our customers to make greener choices for their homes and to ensure that our business operates sustainably and responsibly.

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