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Reduce Your Carbon Footprint Starting With The Laundry
Reduce Your Carbon Footprint Starting With The Laundry
By Diane Drinkwater
The average family does something like 7 washes a week. If you do more than this number than your laundry footprint will be higher than average. There are simple ways you can reduce it though.
The first thing to do is to reduce the amount of washing overall. Do you change several times a day and put everything in the wash? Do the kids do this? If so then encouraging the entire family to fold up and re-wear clothes rather than throw them in the laundry bin will help cut down on washing. It may take months of nagging - but this can make a big difference. Other hints like changing the beds every 10 days rather than every 7 can cut your laundry load too. Obviously if beds need changing then change them - but that routine bed change might not be needed!
Once you've reduced the overall volume then the next step is to reduce the washing temperature. Towers and bed linen should be washed hotter than t-shirts and dresses but that doesn't mean you have to boil clothes. The hotter the wash the more energy is needed to wash the clothes.
Modern washing powders can work as efficiently at lower temperatures. This can save you lots of energy.
Always wash a full load of clothes too. A half empty cycle takes the same energy as a full one.
There are many new cleaning products available, one of them is a completely natural product called soapods. This is a nut which contains a natural soap and washes you clothes clean without the heavy environmental impact a standard washing powder has.
Once your clothes are washed clean the next stage is drying. Cutting down on your tumble dryer use is a vital part. If you have a garden then get a washing line to dry clothes on. If you don't have a washing line then you should invest in a clothes spinner (You can get one if you've got a washing line too as they'll speed up this process too) A clothes spinner spins clothes even dryer than your washing machine. They'll remove excess water and leave your clothes nearly dry. This means that any additional drying time is reduced, so even using your tumble dryer will take less time.
Clothes which are spun in this way will dry much quicker. It's effective on jeans and towels too which often resist the washing machine spin cycle.
These things are all low cost things you can do to reduce your carbon footprint. If you are replacing your washing machine or tumble dryer then look out for more energy efficient models, and those with additional options like low water use, low temperature washing, and the highest energy ratings available. Bigger load capacity means you'll wash more at once which means fewer washes overall.