We take the environment seriously. We've got some way to go. For example, the use of recycled plastic bottles, use of the Earth tax system and the use of vegetable based inks, are all challenges for the future. However, Green Oil is still the greenest chain lube around. Here is how.

The Ecologist Magazine's 'Pick of the Month'

In October 2007, Green Oil was selected 'Pick of the Month' by the Ecologist Magazine.

For more on why the Ecologist liked Green Oil, read on...

(or see the full review by clicking on the button bellow)

100% petrochemical free

Green Oil is created from naturally occurring oils and plant extracts to provide you with the same qualities you would expect from a quality chain lubricant.

So you won't be funding Shell's dodgy operations in Nigeria and British Columbia, or Esso's climate change denial lobby.

CFC Free

Green Oil is CFC free, but CFCs were pretty much banned in 1993 under the Montreal Protocol. 'CFC free' is meaningless greenwash today, unless you replace the 'C' with a 'K' and its a protest against that nasty factory farmed chicken restaurant of course.

Biodegradable

Don't worry, it takes a long time. However, when Green Oil does eventually come off the chain, it will over time biodegrade.

Not irritant, not harmful, nor 'dangerous for the environment'

Look on most chain lube bottles and you will be disgusted to see that not only are they harmful or irritant, but that they explicitly say 'dangerous for the environment' on the back.

Green Oil is not harmful, not irritant, and not 'dangerous for the environment'.

So Green Oil will not harm you, aquatic life or little animals.

Not tested on animals

Green Oil is has not been tested on animals (unless you call the various mountain and road cyclists who first tested it 'animals', which you may well do).

All Green Oil's ingredients occur naturally and are safe. None of the ingredients, nor the finished product have been animal tested (in the last 20 years at least).

Green Oil contains no animal products or by-products, and is suitable for vegetarians and vegans.

Carbon footprint- Not imported from the USA

Green Oil is made in Kent, in the United Kingdom. So from the factory to the shop, Green Oil has a smaller carbon footprint.

You won't be supporting George Bush and Guantanamo Bay either.

Ethical Banking

Green Oil UK Limited banks with the Co-operative Bank. Our funds will therefore not be invested in Burma, blood diamonds, logging companies, oil extraction or sweatshops. This is due to the bank's Ethical Policy, which no other high-street bank has.

This is important. One major high-street bank invests in Burma - supporting the brutal oppression of people. Others bank role arms companies who sell arms to Apartheid Israel, Saudi Arabia and other dodgy regimes, and who then lobby the government to keep arms controls weak. Many banks invest in those logging companies trashing the Amazon rainforests.

Bad companies have to get their money from somewhere, but can't get their money from the Co-operative Bank. Or therefore Green Oil UK Limited.

Recyclable, and Re-usable

Reduce, re-use, recycle the saying goes. Green Oil's bottle can not only be recycled with your plastic milk bottles, but can also be re-used.

Having purchased a bottle of Green Oil, you can get a re-filled bottle with a 20 pence discount. Either ask your bike shop, or click on the bottle deposit box below for more information.

100% recycled paper

Some companies use paper which is '50% sustainably sourced' etc. Unlike them, 100% of paper used by Green Oil UK Limited is either FSC certified or 100% recycled. All Green Oil bottle labels are made of 100% recycled paper. In the future, vegetable or soy based inks will be used.

100% palm oil free

Green Oil's ingredients are a trade secret, but we can tell you they are sustainably sourced, and that half the ingredients are organic. However, bio-fuels, vegetable oil, and even shampoo often contain 'palm oil'.

Palm oil is a useful fuel to keep car culture going, a cheap cooking substance to keep up the old obesity rates, and useful to 'bulk up' supermarket items, like cheap peanut butter and shampoo.

The problem with this? Palm oil relies on vast swathes of rainforest being cleared. Great, bio-diverse areas are destroyed and replaced by vast palm oil plantations. They even burn rainforest and pete bogs in order to grow palm oil, outweiging any carbon neutrality of using the end product.

This is at the expense of the environment, wildlife (especially orangutans) and indigenous people. Click on the Friends of the Earth link below for more on what you can do to end palm oil exploitation.

Green Oil is therefore 100% palm oil free.
That's a promise.