06.23.2006
One of the Bite’s most activity-inspiring tips over the last year didn’t involve anything racy, controversial or extraordinary. (Well, depends on your definition of extraordinary). Take this Bite as a friendly reminder that maybe it’s time to cleanout your dryer’s lint filter - it’s an easy way to save energy, cash, and reduce fire hazard.
Jen is so obsessed with dryer lint that she sometimes stops the drying cycle halfway through to clean the filter. No joke. Check out her OCD confessions on lint bunnies at the Ideal Bite blog.
A professor at the University of Sydney found that the most common color of bellybutton lint is blue, because most clothes contain some number of blue fibers.
If 10,000 Biters emptied their lint filters after every load, the energy saved over a year could run a dryer up to 670,000 more times.
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