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Laundry / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Lifestyle and environment

Save money by washing clothes in cold water - Especially as it can wash better!

...laundry' detergents, low-temperature wash cycles are far more effective than they were a decade ago. Reducing laundry energy use by washing in cold water Consider this: heating water accounts for about 90% of the energy your machine uses to wash a load of laundry. Switching from hot to warm water can cut our laundry en...

Cleaning and maintenance

How to make Eco-friendly DIY laundry soap from Buckeyes / Horse Chestnuts

...laundry soap? Making laundry soap from Horse Chestnets or Buckeyes is easy if you follow these simple steps - this is about the number needed for 6 x 64 oz jugs of laundry detergent (200 loads appx): This 6" layer of horse chestnuts or buckeyes will produce around 6 x 64 oz jugs of laundry detergent Once you have co...

Lifestyle and environment

Tru Earth Eco-Strip laundry soap reviewed as a liquid laundry detergent alternative

...laundry jugs of laundry detergent any more - and we also happen to love how our laundry now simply smells clean - rather than an ersats Alpine meadow! We also gained some space, no longer have a sticky trail of laundry detergent goo all over the laundry room, and only buy the amount of laundry detergent that we need - ...

Life Hacks to help stay Eco during COVID-19 Quarantine & Ordering Online

...laundry detergent & moisturizer under baby stuff, these great laundry detergent strips here and here, (and that we tested and reviewed Tru Earth laundry strips here) wipes under Baby Products and in Health & Household, we found a few sanitizers and priority products in personal-care appliances that made some of...

Appliances

This foot pedalled washing machine doesn't need electricity and uses very little water.

A typical washing machine can use up to 87 litres of water per load, not to mention its ability to eat up electricity. An efficient Energy Star machine can cut water usage to about 49 litres per load and significantly cut energy usage, but this, the Drumi, will not only wash your clothes without using electricty, it al...