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Rugs are a great way to add personality and color to a room without requiring installation or the permanence of carpet. They can be called an extraordinaire accent tools to combat drab decors. However you may like to consider few things when trying to choose an area rug, so that it is less harmful to the world we live in.

There are several sustainable floor covering options available that can minimize indoor pollution and relieve health problems caused by toxic carpets. These rugs are made from recycled and eco-friendly materials simultaneously being durable, stylish, and often less expensive than conventional rugs and carpets

The eco-friendly rugs made from recycled materials or from renewable or sustainable resources are:

Bamboo Rugs: Bamboo is a fast-growing, renewable resource approximately eleven times stronger than most market woods. Harvesting doesn't kill a bamboo plant, thereby allowing for several yields, making it effective against soil erosion, greatly minimizing deforestation concerns. Also bamboo rugs features the chic aesthetic appeal, as it is an extremely polished and fashionable finished item.

Jute Rugs: jute is one of the most environmentally friendly fibers, starting from the seed to expired fiber, (as the expired fibers can be recycled more than once). It's a long, soft, shiny vegetable fiber that can be spun into coarse, strong threads to weave rugs which are extremely resilient and durable and surprisingly affordable. With a consistently neutral palette and interweaving construction, jute rugs are an excellently subtle and eco-friendly way of decorating in a refined yet casual manner.

Sisal Rugs: Sisal is an extremely rugged natural fiber obtained from the long, knife-shaped leaves of the agave plant. There are many benefits to selecting a sisal area rug over synthetic material rug. It is naturally stain resistant, are extremely strong and versatile, ideal for high traffic areas. They also have the unique ability to be tightly woven with other textiles such as wool.

Sea grass Rugs: Sea grass is a slat marsh grass grown in paddy fields.After harvesting the long strands are dried and spun into yards and woven into a variety of designs to produce trendy rugs available in warm colors like tan, brown, and terra cotta. these are durable and very sturdy, capable of resisting heavy stains and known due to their luminosity and shine that are much like grass blades

Cotton Rugs: Cotton is a soft, rugged, and durable fiber that is available in a wide array of colors. Cotton rugs are biodegradable and they also lower the level of atmospheric contaminants in the home.

Wool Rugs: Another example of great natural fibers is wool which is naturally resilient, long lasting, stain resistant and naturally flame retardant. This versatile fiber is non-toxic, non-allergenic and biodegradable.

Recycled material Rugs: You may look for rugs made of recycled materials like rubber, plastic and packing materials which make for durable, stain and water proof, easy to clean and attractive rugs. Less pollution is created when the recycled fibers are re-engineered than when new fibers are created.

When deciding on an eco-friendly material for your rug, consider the renewability of the product, if it can be replenished in a short period of time; also consider the effect the resource will have on environment and the amount of chemicals needed to process them to make it ready for sale.

Also watch for treatment chemicals, the fewer chemicals the rug is treated with, the more eco-friendly it is. The backing should also be made from natural fibers, and environmentally friendly adhesives. Donate or recycle previous rugs which would otherwise take 20,000 years to break down in a landfill.