CHOICE Green

CHOICE Green presents our verdicts on lifestyle choices that are billed as more sustainable – from transport options to the food you eat.

     
We think consumers should be able to find products and services that are better for the environment and still do the job well. A water efficient washing machine should still clean clothes. An energy efficient TV must still provide good pictures and sound.

Below you'll find more than 50 articles on green topics from energy and transport to food and shopping. Over time, we'll be adding more environmental criteria to our product tests to give you better answers about what makes the greener buy.

CHOICE campaigns
CHOICE Interactive Green home
Find out how to be green around your home as you take a virtual tour of our interactive green home.

From the kitchen and laundry to the living room and backyard find out how your efforts can be best spent to help reduce your carbon footprint and create a greener future.

Launch the CHOICE Green home

  Getting around on a bike 02/2008

Buying greener
  
Energy

Plastic recycling 101 
Only 15% of plastics we consume are recycled. Here’s what you can do.
Online 03/2009

  
CPRS legislation off target
Under a proposed law, one million households could be paying for renewable energy that doesn't reduce Australia’s greenhouse emissions.
Online 03/2009
     
 Rebates for going green 22/04/2009

 Carbon offsets compared 16/09/2008
 Green claims on supermarket labels 06/05/2008
 Oven cleaners 02/09/2008
 Consuming for a cause 01/09/2008
 Farmer’s markets 13/02/2008
 Going carbon neutral 03/11/2007
 Reduce product packaging 17/10/2007
 Ethical investing 26/08/2007
Fairtrade products 27/08/2007
 Microbfibre cleaning mitts 18/03/2005

  

 Solar panels: counting the cost 10/07/2008
 Buying guide: Home insulation 22/05/2008
 Heating: options for your home 26/05/2008
 Test: Ceiling fans 25/05/2008
 Test: Unflued gas heaters 04/04/2008
 Energy rating label 03/08/2008
 Review: multifunction power meter 05/12/2007
 Test: Fridge thermometers 17/10/2007
Compact fluorescent lightbulbs 23/08/2007 
 Your cooling options 20/08/2007
 GreenPower: Fact sheet 26/04/2007
 Five ways to reduce your household's energy use 28/03/2007

     
Water
  
Transport

Solar hot water systems 
CHOICE takes the confusion out of purchasing solar and heat pump hot-water systems.
Online 07/2008

  

Getting around on a bike 
Cycling for transport is on the increase. CHOICE tells you how to find your way around, and keep safe on the roads.
Online 02/2008

     

 Buying guide: Hot water options 23/05/2008
 Buying guide: rainwater tanks 01/07/2008
 Recycled drinking water 27/01/2008
 Greywater systems 02/01/2008
 Test: rainwater tank pumps 19/10/2007
 Saving water at home 17/09/2007
 Test: water efficient showerheads 02/03/2007
 Making the most of used water 20/03/2007
 Water efficiency label 15/03/2007
 Waterless car cleaners 04/02/2005

   Green vehicle guide 23/05/2008
 Review: Bike lights 02/05/2008
 Review: Tyre pressure checkers 22/02/2008
 Review: mini folding bikes 02/01/2008
 Test: Folding bikes 11/12/2007
 Carbon offsets for flights 21/06/2007
 Converting your car to LPG 15/09/2006
 Green car ratings 28/07/2006
 Greenfleet — how to drive a greenhouse-neutral car 21/05/2006
 Fuel consumption label 17/05/2006
 Hybrid cars 18/03/2005
     
Food and health
  
Technology

Food miles
You'll be surprised at how well-travelled your food is.
Online 10/2008

  

Computers' energy costs 
How much energy is being sucked up by the technology around your home? And what can you do about it?
Online 05/2008

     

 The facts on fish 24/10/2008
 Free range eggs 20/06/2008
 Plasticisers 12/06/2008
 Farmer’s markets 13/02/2008
 Strawberries 29/01/2008
Fairtrade products 27/08/2007
 Organic food 17/07/2007
 Free range meat 06/03/2007
 Pesticides in fruit and veg 10/03/2006

  

 Eco media player 21/02/2008
 Computer recycling 01/06/2007 
 Test: High-capacity batteries 08/11/2006