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Thinking
of going green with pest control? Superb idea! Before you place an
order, or head to your local retail outlet for a car load of earth friendly products, I have some
suggestions that might just save you some money, and do a favor for the planet!
What I prefer, is the use of pest prevention, the greenest form of pest control. Let me explain what I mean and why.
It
has to do with mindset, with our tendency to put out fires, instead of
preventing them. We seem to have no problem understanding this as it
relates to disease.
Preventing
the flu, preventing the common cold, or any other virus or disease is
the standard. Controlling the flu, or treating the flu is understood to
be the least appealing scenario outside of dying from it! Would you
prefer to avoid pneumonia, or control and treat it with a non toxic
remedy? Yet somehow, we can't seem to make the logical next step of
applying this to the problem of pests.
Allow me to offer some
environmental incentive. 12 reasons why preventing pests is the greenest form of green pest control, greener even than the use of green pest products:
1. No energy spent on the shipment of raw materials for the product to a factory.
2. No energy to manufacture the product.
3. No energy spent to ship raw materials for packaging.
4. No energy to manufacture packaging.
5. No energy to ship raw materials for labeling.
6. No energy to manufacture and print labeling.
7. No energy spent on storage at the factory.
8. No energy spent on shipment to a warehouse.
9. No energy for storage in a warehouse.
10. No energy for shipping the finished product.
11. No energy for displaying in a retail store.
12. There is no packaging to end up in a landfill.
By using prevention, you will not only avoid the use of commercial pesticides, but you will also reduce your need for organic or natural pesticides. This will reduce your carbon footprint!
I hope this has been an encouragement for you to give pest prevention a try before you try any other means of control. |
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