The palest shade of green
Oct. 28th, 2011 10:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
emma_in_dreamI have made my own laundry powder. How frugal! How green! It's phosphate free and cost a fraction of what the powder from the shops cost. It's made of borax, washing soda and grated soap.
The only downside is that it leaves a soapy residue inside the powder holder on my machine. But since the shop-bought laundry powders and liquids also do that, this isn't that much of a drawback.
I do a lot of washing at the moment. At least one load a day, so this is one tiny contribution to reducing my impact on the environment.
Of course, the bigger way to reduce my impact would be to have a more energy efficient washing machine. Unfortunately I had to buy mine just after the last one blew up, taking the entire wiring of the laundry with it. After paying the $1600 to rewire plus the $200 for the emergency plumbing, I wound up getting a really bottom of the range machine. I've already had to repair it once and it only has 4 stars for energy and 3 for water use.
The only downside is that it leaves a soapy residue inside the powder holder on my machine. But since the shop-bought laundry powders and liquids also do that, this isn't that much of a drawback.
I do a lot of washing at the moment. At least one load a day, so this is one tiny contribution to reducing my impact on the environment.
Of course, the bigger way to reduce my impact would be to have a more energy efficient washing machine. Unfortunately I had to buy mine just after the last one blew up, taking the entire wiring of the laundry with it. After paying the $1600 to rewire plus the $200 for the emergency plumbing, I wound up getting a really bottom of the range machine. I've already had to repair it once and it only has 4 stars for energy and 3 for water use.
