The most environmentally friendly materials for children

For children - the best. This applies to the high-quality and environmentally friendly arrangement of the room in which the kids spend most of their time. Everything should be safe: furniture, decoration materials for walls, floors and ceilings.

Furniture

Cribs, highchairs and tables are items that the child comes into contact with most often. Furniture for children in Russia is made of particleboard, MDF and solid wood. If the last two materials are absolutely natural and differ only in price, then special requirements must be imposed on particleboard. Poor-quality plates of low classes emit phenols and formaldehyde into the environment, which negatively affect the baby's nervous and reproductive systems.

When buying furniture from chipboard, you must request a certificate in which a class of at least E1 must be indicated. This designation guarantees a minimum formaldehyde content in consumables.

Plumbing

Children between the ages of 2-5 have to use the bath and toilet frequently. Few parents know that the use of natural stones in the decoration of bathrooms is fraught with increased radiation of radiation. When purchasing such products, sellers are asked for radiation quality certificates.

Floor coverings

The most environmentally friendly floor coverings in the nursery are marmoleum and carpet made of natural fibers. The first material is a worthy alternative to linoleum. Marmoleum consists of coniferous resins, fine sawdust, lime, linseed oil and natural dyes. From a mixture of these components, a worthy coating is obtained that has wear resistance, impact resistance, and bacteriostaticity. In addition, the marmoleum does not fade, has the properties of antistatic and hypoallergenic.

Natural carpet includes bamboo, linen or silk. Bamboo carpet has the greatest advantages: it regulates the humidity in the room, does not accumulate harmful microorganisms, bactericidal, hypoallergenic.

Decoration Materials

Clay plasters are one of the most environmentally friendly materials for decorative finishes. Clay has unique properties: it removes excess moisture from the room, prevents the formation of fungi or mold, sanitizes the air, has shielding properties (delays radiation). It contains only natural pigments and dyes.

Also on sale for decorating a nursery there are several types of natural paint. These include water-based compounds: casein, lime, silicate, silicone. They are practical to use, are not subject to fading, are easily tinted and repainted.

From natural wallpaper on the shelves of the store you can find glass wallpaper, jute, bamboo and paper. For gluing, it is permissible to use only casein or starch adhesive bases.