Enshrine Your Pet’s Ashes In A Recycled Glass Sculpture

It never ceases to amaze me the different environmentally friendly things that cross the Life Goggles desk and this is one of them – enshrining your pet’s remains in beautiful glass sculptures.

If you check out the Pet Cremains in Glass website you’ll certainly see they are beautiful – like the 12-inch Eternal Bloom Flower pictured. Not all of them are environmentally friendly however, you need to click on the link (here) to see them, and it would be nice for them to expand that. But it’s a good idea to have a art piece to remind you of your beloved pet and to put an eco-friendly slant on it is an added bonus.

Ecover Window & Glass Cleaner Eco Product Review

Part of Ecover’s new range of cleaners with ‘Eco-Surfacants’ (you can read more here), the Window & Glass Cleaner was sent to me along with well-known brand Mr Muscle Window & Glass (with vinegar) to compare with.

Nowadays when I read the instructions on mainstream brands, the first thing I look at is the ‘caution’ section. And on this Mr Muscle it warns you not to breathe in the spray, use only in a well ventilated earlier and avoid prolonged contact with the skin. Not something I really want near me to be honest. But in the name of research I gave it a go.

And it’s pretty good actually. To be honest, neither gave the smear-free shine I was hoping for, but that means they work more or less the same. My windows in the lounge were particularly dirty so any sort of cleaning would have made a difference. But using it on the kitchen windows made a difference too although I wouldn’t have considered them dirty really. It’s quite satisfying having shining windows (or indeed, ones you can see out of) and the Ecover did a nice job. I didn’t have to use a great amount either.

Ecover Window & Glass Cleaner costs around £2.69 in supermarkets and is available online from places like Nigel’s Eco Store.

Couronne Co Eco Product Review

Couronne Co make glass bottles, vases, jars, bowls and candle holders from recycled glass. I was sent some fantastic products, a gerbera bud vase, a blue glass ball vase and a diamond red bottle.

From their website they explain that Couronne prides itself on offering a vast selection of glassware and home décor products that are both eco-friendly and affordable. They recognize the importance of recycling glass, because it not only conserves the environment but it also saves energy. The process required to produce glass is quite simple as it is composed of sand, soda, lime and a lot of heat. The obvious benefits of recycling glass is to reuse and save our natural resources but the most important benefit of recycled glass is that it requires considerably less energy than that which is needed to melt raw materials.

As you can see I didn’t take the photos myself (their website already had them), but I do personally have them and they’re sturdy and stylish. They have some great other products on their website, some of which would make a perfect gift for the eco-aware birthday girl (or boy).