Top 3 Eco-Friendly Tips on Laundry

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Eco-friendly is also called environmentally friendly, going green, or earth-friendly which refers to doing no harm to the environment. Being eco-friendly is not just simply turning off the lights every time you leave the room or separating your garbage for recycling. Being eco-friendly is all about changing the purpose of your lifestyle. 

House chores are one way to start your practice. You can start making a habit of being eco-friendly. One perfect example is the laundry. As we all know, there are many environmental impacts that are linked with doing the laundry. 

Eco-Friendly Tips You Can Do With Your Laundry:

Practice No Drying of Clothes

Every time you use the dryer vents there are harmful fumes that come out of it. In some cases, there might even be carcinogens that tend to decrease indoor air quality. They will contribute to air pollution in the environment.

It is best to practice not using the dryer after washing your laundry. This will not release toxic fumes into the air. The dryer tends to damage the fibers over time. One best alternative that you can do is line drying of your clothes. This way, it will reduce your carbon footprint. 

Practice Choosing and Using Wisely an Eco-Friendly Laundry Detergent

Many laundry detergents contain phosphates that can lead to eutrophication. Eutrophication is the process by which a body of water becomes enriched in dissolved nutrients. It stimulates the growth of aquatic plant life usually resulting in the depletion of dissolved oxygen.

It is best to practice choosing and using wisely a laundry detergent that is phosphate-free. You should learn to use just the appropriate amount of detergent to your laundry.  More detergents you use means more chemicals that will enter the waterways. Moreover, this will affect the efficiency of the washing machine over time. In conclusion, using less detergent will decrease the chance of skin irritation. It will be easier to rinse out of your clothes.

Practice Washing In Full Loads Always

As we all know washing machines use a lot of water considering all the rinsing and washing cycle that goes on. 

It is best to practice washing in full loads always. Avoid doing small loads of laundry. The washing machine ultimately will be using the same amounts of water and energy regardless of what’s inside. 

Going green or being eco-friendly or earth-friendly is becoming more and more important nowadays. Lucy’s Laundry and Dry Cleaning believes that it is possible to lessen the impact of doing laundry the wrong way that it has on the environment.

Lucy’s Laundry and Dry Cleaning is making all of their best efforts to go GREEN. 

  • Use GREEN dry cleaning chemicals and the eco-friendly Vulcan water conditioner for a cleaner, brighter clothes
  • Have new energy-efficient state of the art commercial washing machines in our facility. These machines save on energy and water consumption. 
  • Use of an environmentally-safe laundry detergent that does not pollute the environment. 
  • Our filtered hot water is supplied by tankless energy-efficient heaters. 
  • Future plans are being made for electric delivery vehicles. 
  • Recycle our wire hangers.

 

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