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Drying clothes outside - the greenest way!


Drying clothes outside - the greenest way!

Clothes dry most economically in the fresh air. Sunlight and fresh air have a natural deodorising and purifying effect.

If you cant hang them outside (Ive heard that at some apartment blocks in towns it can be a condition of residence that you dont hang anything outside!) see if you can organize your laundry so that most of it can dry on hangers and clothes horses. This is so much more environmentally friendly and it saves you quite a bit of cash too.

Clothes last longer when they are dried naturally and if you dry them in the shade, they won't fade and there is less need for fabric softeners.

Washballs also reduce the need for added softeners.

On the other hand, if you want things to dry quickly and get a bit of a bleaching, hang them in full sunshine. Sunlight also has a cleansing effect in that odours disappear. If you wash sheets and towels at low temperatures it's a good idea to give them the benefit of sunlight and fresh air for a few hours.

Clothes dried in sunlight will have a more starched feel to them so they will be more likely to need ironing. Leaving clothes to dry in sunlight does tend to fade most colours.

Laundry tips for hanging clothes

You can now buy a little device called a "Linehanger" which makes it easier to hang things such as jumpers and jackets on the line. These inexpensive little clips come in packs of 10 and are available in the UK.

Just clip them to the washing line and hang your favourite garments from them with a clothes hanger. The ones with swivel-tops are best so that the clothing can swing in the breeze.

Using a Linehanger or similar device lets you dry clothes without the clothes peg digging into your precious cashmere sweater!