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Laundry / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Wash Clothes in cold water? Only if Washing Better! - © Robert J. Pierson
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...

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Home made DIY laundry detergent from buckeyes / horse chestnuts
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...

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Tru Earth Eco strips laundry detergent reviews
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 - ...

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How to Find & Order In-Stock Essential Products Online COVID-19 & Coronavirus

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...

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Manual powered foot pedal washing machine for doing laundry off-grid
Appliances

Off grid foot pedalled washing machines doesn't need electricity and uses very little water.

...laundry solution for grid powered homes. Where this may find some popularity, is for small families or singles, that may take a long time to generate enough laundry to justify doing a full load. I could certainly see a use for this to do dish cloths and face cloths etc, or even a load of your 'unmentionables', the kin...

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