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Sheets vs. Pods vs. Liquid vs. Powder: Which Laundry Format Is Actually Greener?
No laundry detergent format is automatically greener than the others. Liquid ships the most water and the most rigid plastic. Powder avoids dissolvable film...
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Laundry Detergent Packaging: Jugs, Pouches and What Actually Gets Recycled
Most laundry detergent refill pouches are not accepted in curbside recycling. A pouch is flexible plastic film, and flexible film tangles in the sorting...
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Microplastics From Laundry: Where They Come From and How to Cut Them
Two things in a laundry cycle get called microplastic sources: the synthetic fibers shedding off polyester, nylon and acrylic garments, and the water-soluble film...
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Stain Removal in Cold Water: What Works and What Heat Sets
Cold water is the correct first step for protein stains such as blood, sweat, dairy, egg and grass, because heat sets protein into the...
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Cold vs Warm vs Hot: What Temperature to Wash Clothes
Cold water handles most household laundry. Warm is the sensible middle for everyday cottons. Hot is a tool for two jobs — sanitizing and...
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Travel Laundry Detergent: Using Paks on Trips, in Dorms and in Small Spaces
You can pack Love Paks in a checked bag with no ambiguity at all. Carry-on is the judgment call, because the Transportation Security Administration...
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Laundry Paks Not Dissolving? Causes, Fixes and How to Store Them
A Love Pak that does not dissolve usually points to wash conditions. The common causes are an overloaded drum, the pak placed in the...
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Plant-Derived Surfactants: What They Are and How They Clean
Plant-derived surfactants are cleaning molecules built from vegetable feedstocks — coconut oil, palm oil, and starch from corn, wheat or potato — instead of...
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How to Tell If a Laundry Detergent Is Really Plant-Based
In the United States, "plant-based" is not a defined term for cleaning products. No federal agency sets a minimum plant content for the phrase,...
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