The Bite:
Want laundry detergent fit for a kidnapped heiress? Repeat after us: Use the Bite's fave detergents to avoid unhealthy chems. It's a better kind of behavior modification.
LAUNDRY DETERGENT
Brain Wash
07.07.2009
Submitted by tmeronek on Mon, 07/06/2009 - 11:00pm.
The Benefits:
- Oil (not mind) control. If every U.S. household replaces one box of 48-ounce, petroleum-based powder laundry detergent with a vegetable-based one, we'll save enough oil to heat and cool 5,300 homes for a year.
- Coercing less irritation. Fragrances and harsh solvents such as ammonia in some conventional detergents can trigger allergies and asthma, and cause skin irritation.
- Joining a cult of fresh fragrances. You'll wanna take a nice, long whiff.
- Not losing concentration. All our fave liquid options are concentrated, so their production and transport uses less energy and packaging.
Personally Speaking:
As our resident laundry product tester, Jenifer (a devoted Laundress fan) has the cleanest clothes on the team by far.
Wanna Try:
Liquid
Powder
Whites
For the Laundromat
- Mrs. Meyer's Laundry Detergent - concentrated, works like a charm, and we love the lavender scent ($15/64 loads).
Powder
- Ecover Laundry Powder - powder's always a nice, cheap bet; this version works almost as well as our fave liquid ($7/19 loads).
Whites
- Laundress Whites Detergent - solid bleach-free detergent that brings out the brightness in your whites and smells superfresh ($20/32 loads).
- OxiClean Free - for tough whitening jobs, it gets whites whiter without the fragrance in typical OxiClean; you can also use as a booster for colors ($10/28 loads).
For the Laundromat
- Dropps - portable (read: great for travel) liquid detergent in packets that biodegrade during the wash cycle; approved by the EPA's Design for the Environment program ($7/20 loads).
Cocktail Fact
When she was booked into prison, Patty Hearst listed her occupation as "Urban Guerilla."
Bang For The Bite
If 10,000 Biters replace their bleach- or ammonia-based cleaner with a biodegradable alternative for one year, we'll keep 400 bucketfuls of toxic chems from dirtying the planet.
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At the same store, they sell something called soap nuts (Sapindus trifoliatus), but I haven't tried them yet. Anyone have a qualified opinion on soap nuts?
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