Laura asks…
are there any eco friendly ways of washing clothes?
The Expert answers:
Use cold water wash whenever possible so you aren’t heating the water.
Always was a full load and then just enough water to cover.
If you can get clean clothes with laundry soap, not detergent, do so. It works best in slightly acidic to neutral pH water. In alkaline or high mineral water, soap forms scum, icky. The soap breaks down faster than detergent, but sometimes the detergent is necessary. Avoid all the additives in the detergents.
Don’t use chlorine bleach, use oxgenated bleaches. Also don’t use fabric softeners. The least number of manufactured products you can use, great!
Drying: ah the rub. (not a pun) Some items do very well dried on a clothes line. Others wrinkle badly and do better dried in a dryer. I have to decide with each item, will it be OK straight outside to the laundry line, or should I heat it in the dryer just a few minutes to relax the wrinkles and the rush it outside to finish drying, or am I going to spend the electricity to iron the silly thing after it comes off the line.
Daniel asks…
How “eco-friendly” or not are wood clothes hangers?
The Expert answers:
As long as you use your hangers for years, I don’t think it really matters what they are made of. Plastic, metal and wood all have their environmental drawbacks. If you purchase the hangars and use them for decades (I have some of my grandparent’s wood hangars from the 1950’s, and they work fine), it shouldn’t matter. Ecological damage comes mainly from production (plant emissions, harvesting and transportation) and disposal. Best yet is to buy them used from a Thrift Store or yard sale. Recycling is always best.
Ken asks…
Why should be we choose organic clothes? Why should we live an eco-friendly life?
What are the advantages and disadvantages for living an eco–friendly life?
Why are organic stuff are better?
The Expert answers:
By choosing organic clothes we are almost eliminating the use of chemicals in the materials we use like cotton. By buying sustainable cotton we’re creating a demand for it and campaigns like the Cleaner Cotton Campaign can move forward to more opportunities. Sustainable cotton is better to wear on our bodies bc it has fewer chemicals that can be soaked up in our skin. The cotton growers also use alternatives in their farming practices making it better on the community as well.
Donald asks…
is going to a laundry mat instead of doing a load of clothes at home eco friendly?
The Expert answers:
I say no. You use as much engry at the laundgry mat as you do at home
Linda asks…
I Need a Name for an Eco-Friendly Clothing Line?
I’m starting an eco–friendly clothing line, that will use organic cotton etc. The problem is a name, I envision it in green text with several modifications like some letters etc.
Does anyone have any suggestions for an eco–friendly clothing line name? One worded- is preferred, and it can be in any language as long as it sounds nice and rolls of the tongue with ease 🙂
The Expert answers:
Enviro co. Or E. Co. (eco company)
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