Green area rugs, like many other contemporary products considered “green”, simply means they contain environmentally friendly materials and use environmentally friendly manufacturing processes.  As a general rule of thumb, green products tend to be more expensive than their less eco-friendly counterparts, and they are becoming more popular every day.

Green products use more recyclable materials, ecologically harvested wood products, and other environmentally friendly materials.  Green Area Rugs, as an example, use dyes made from natural ingredients instead of potentially harmful chemical solvents.  Such dyes are actually vegetable based and use no chemicals at all to convert the vegetable matter into useable dyes.  In addition, they use naturally renewable materials like hemp, wool, and jute – a natural vegetable fiber.

While you may find some green area rugs at Home Improvement Centers and local Carpet and Tile Outlets, the Internet makes things easier for you since there are web sites that sell nothing but eco-friendly area rugs.  While you might think this would not be the cheapest way to shop, many of these sites offer a significant discount on shipping, and have frequent special sale items.  For a wide variety of green products, visit www.greendepot.com.  You should be pleasantly surprised at the large selection of area rugs you’ll find here, and the prices might be more affordable than you would expect.

Another site to check out is www.gcrugs.com.  They have an “Eco-Facts’ page where they detail exactly what it is that makes their products environmentally friendly.  You may be surprised to learn that some of the most popular synthetic materials, like polyester and polypropylene are actually more environmentally friendly than you might think.

If your only concern is a green color rug, your shopping options are the same:  Internet E-Commerce sites or local “brick and mortar” retailers.  Both might have some eco-friendly products mixed in.  Your best source for a discount rug or a seasonal sale is generally a local retail outlet.

Shopping where you can “touch and feel” the product has another significant advantage over Internet shopping for area rugs.  It’s hard to get a good representation of what a color actually looks like from your computer monitor.   Since the lighting in a large Home Improvement Center or even in a smaller Carpet and Tile outlet is typically harsher than the lighting in your home, an area rug might still look different to you when you get it home.  The advantage is it’s a lot easier to return that green area rug to you retailer than it is to ship it back!