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Your laundry room can really give the environment and your wallet a true beating. Here are some handy dandy tips to help you save a bundle in this area - not only reducing your impact on the environment but also cutting down your energy and your water bills.
Try a few (or all of them out).
Washing:
- Wash full loads only, but don't "overload". It takes about as much energy to wash a small load as it does to wash a full load. Full loads also save water.
- Wash and rinse in cold water whenever possible. Remember that energy is usd to "heat" the water as well as to run the washer.
- Follow detergent directions for your particular washer nd avoid oversudsing. Oversudsing makes your washer work hader, so always easure detergent carefully instead of estimating the amount to use.
- If you really want to go green might I suggest that you look into the benefits of using SOAPNUTS (are not nuts), but berries - they are a natural solution (which have been used for thousands of years). You simply place 6-8 of these soap berries into a muslin bag and add the bag to your laundry load. Hypoallergenic, safe for everyone - can be used on even the dirtiest of loads.
Drying:-
- Obviously the BEST way to dry your clothes to save energy and lower your carbon footprint is to HANG dry clothes outside (sunshine is also a great way to brighten clothes and remove germs).
- However if you are using the dryer, dry similar thickness clothes together. This avoids having to run additional cycles for slower drying items.
- Don't overdry your items - aside from wasting energy, overdrying can cause unecessary shrinkage and wrinkling.
- Dry consecutive loads - the energy usedto bring the dryer up to operating temperature shouldn't be allowed to go to waste.
- Remove items from the dryer as soon as tumbling stops. If clothes become wrinkled from lying in the dryer, extra energy must be used to iron or re-dry them.
- Clean the lint filter after each load to maintain full airflow and mazimize drying efficiency. A clogged filter slows drying and wastes energy.
Non Toxic All Purpose Cleaners
Now if you really aren't interested in making your own cleaners a simple, effective, safe, NON-Toxic solution for all of your cleaning needs is right here.
The link will take you to just one of the safe products for use around your home, and you can navigate around to find additional items to create your own non-toxic home cleaning or car cleaning kit and accessories.
Lightbulbs
Changing the world and your energy costs start with simple actions. When you replace lightbulbs or light fixtures with energy efficient ones you preserve energy resources and reduce globabl warming while saving time and money buying and changing light bulbs in your home. Energy efficient qualified lighting provides bright, warm light, uses around 75% less energy than standard lighting producing around 75% less heat and lasts up to 10 times longer.... you can literally save around $50-$75 in energy costs and replacement costs of the lifetime course of ONE LIGHTBULB... How many do you have in your home??
Check out this amazing FREE Assessment tool to find out areas of your home & lifestyle that you can change (without costing you a penny) to immediately start saving money and reducing your carbon footprint. We were fascinated to discover that we could take 40 simple household actions which would save us over $1500 per year and thousands of pounds in reduced carbon outputs. I challenge you to all try it out (the online questionaire is FREE and will only take you around 15 minutes to fill in - you are not required to put in any personal details). Click on the image below to be directed to the website.
