Eco friendly laundry
What’s that? These new jargons keep on coming right? But this one is fairly straight forward. When you reduce your electricity consumption & switch to a plant-based laundry detergent, you win the prize for “Green laundry”.
2 habits to change for an eco friendly laundry day
#1 Washing
- Don't wash your clothes after every use. Wash it only when it's really dirty.
- Reduce the the number of times you do laundry & wash only when you have a full load.
#2 Drying
Stop tumble drying. Switch off that tumble dryer & dry your clothes on a line or a rack.
5 Reasons Why Eco Friendly Laundry is Good
1. Save Money & Energy
2. Dryer Damages Clothes
3. Dryer Shrinks Clothes
4. Emits Green House Gasses
Washing and drying a load every two days creates around 440kg of green house gas emissions each year, which is equivalent to flying from london to glasgow and back with 15-mile taxi rides to and from the airports. According to the guardian, it takes .7 kg of per wash when washed at 40 degrees and dried on the line. But this emission is almost 3.5 times more when tumble dried. That’s a massive amount of emissions for just 1 cycle of drying.
5. Sun-Dried Clothes Kills Bacteria
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