How to Have a Green Barbeque

Will you be hosting a barbecue this summer? With a little extra thought and planning, you can turn your next BBQ into a green event, making it friendlier on the environment. This tutorial will provide you with tips on how to have a green barbecue.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. First things first: grill selection. Burning charcoal contains chemicals that are harmful to the environment, so opt for a gas grill if possible. Also, if your home has green power, you may even want to go with an electric grill.

2. Ditch the disposable dinnerware and purchase reusable cups, plates, and silverware. You can often get good deals on these products at discount stores or, better yet, garage sales. Sure, you'll be left with more to clean up, but the amount of waste will be reduces dramatically.

3. When selecting meats and other foods, choose organic selections, and only purchase enough to feed your guests (this rule applys to drinks and beer as well). Don't buy too much and wind up with a lot of uneaten leftovers that will probably be thrown away later. It is also wise to by local whenever possible and help your area farmers stay in business.

4. Clean your grill with a baking soda and water paste, scrubbing it with a BBQ brush. This is much more environmentally friendly than traditional BBQ cleaning products.

Tips & Warnings

• Cook foods with the grill cover closed.
• Compost foods that are can be composted (meat cannot).
• If you used a charcoal grill, the charcoal remnants can also be composted.

Resources

• ehow Going Green Guide
• How to Make Homemade Laundry Soap
• How to Make Homemade Glass Cleaner
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[blingaling]

on 4/13/2009 A lot of information here I didn't know about. Thanks!

[JIN1128]

on 4/11/2009 Thanks for the advice.

[mlt34]

on 4/11/2009 Thanks for the tips, I'll have to give it a try on the 4th of July!