Green Pest Control Natural Pest Control
Green Pest Control Natural Pest Control
Green pest control, natural pest control, organic pest control? The terms can be a little confusing, so let’s try to cut through the pest control fog with a few definitions: >>>
Green pest control
Green pest control must first of all be green, and that means environmentally friendly, and non toxic. Green pest control should be sustainable. Green pest control should have a small carbon footprint. Green pest control should be the non toxic, least toxic, most environmentally sustainable form of controlling pests.
The problem with pest control products
The problem with most natural, or organic pest control products is that they do not meet the green part of the equation. How can that be? Well, a product, no matter how natural, or organic, still has the same problem that all other pest control products have.
How green is your natural pest control product?
The raw material must be harvested, it must be shipped to a factory for processing, it has to be packaged, labeled, shipped again, and by the time it reaches the end user, it has taken a lot of fossil fuel to process and package, and, it has a pretty large carbon footprint. While it may be less toxic, it nonetheless fails the test for sustainability, and carbon footprint.
To be completely green, we need a different approach.
While there may be many types of natural pest control, and organic pest control, there is really only one form of green pest control, and that is pest prevention!
October 26, 2009
Tags: Green pest control, Natural pest control, Organic pest control Posted in: Green pest control, Natural pest control, Organic pest control, green pesticides
