Environmentally Friendly Yard-Care Goods Available

If you feel guilty about not moving more rapidly toward an environmentally responsible yard, you can salve your conscience by using yard-care products that are guaranteed to be environmentally friendly.

Scientific Certification Systems, an Oakland, Calif., firm specializing in the verification of environmental claims made by manufacturers, has given its approval to a number of goods:

Leaf, grass and trash bags by Best Buy and Full Circle, Harmony, Ironhold Recycle 1, Amway, Renew, Kleensite, Value Tough, Reclaim 100, and the G.E. Compactor Bag.

Bender boards, stakes, bedding plant containers, rubber tree rings and knee pads by Enviroedge, Menominee, Rapid Plastics, Stanlar.

Soil conditioners by Enviromat, Genesis, California Compost, Gromulch, Nitrohumus, Nitromulch, Topper, Roebic Bacterial Composter; also Perma Mulch, Amend, Topper.

Watering devices: Moisture Master, RainMaster and Sears Craftsman.

For more information, call Scientific Certification Systems, Oakland, Calif.: (510) 832-1415.