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If 10,000 Biters wash only full loads, in a year we'll save the water weight of 1,890,400 Prince Charmings.
COCKTAIL FACT
In the pre-Laundromat days, college students commonly shipped laundry home by mail for cleaning; roundtrip shipping to Mom and Dad was cheaper than using a laundry service.
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Wish your trip to the Laundromat was as eco as a pair of postconsumer-glass slippers?
The Bite
Even without a fairy godmother, it's possible: Easy tricks such as bringing your own detergent help save monetary and earthly resources. Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo-yeah.The Benefits
- More gas for your pumpkin carriage. If you stay 'til your loads are done instead of driving away and coming back, you'll save a precious - and nonrenewable - resource.
- An eco-happy ending. Making use of double- or triple-load washers (if you've got more than just one load's worth of clothes) saves energy and water over using multiple single-load washers; if you have less than a full load, use the appropriate setting (duh).
- Saving up for a new magic wand. Bringing your own detergent (especially if it's concentrated) can cost as little as 1/4 of what you'd pay for the stuff in the vending machines.
Personally Speaking
In her twenties, Heather conceived a (usually) surefire way to avoid getting hit on by those random creeps who seem to live in the Laundromat (you know the ones): Go in looking as ratty and ugly as possible. Then again, maybe that was the creeps' theory, too.Wanna Try?
Use our laundry list:- Bring your own eco-detergent and fabric softener.
- Bring an iPod and a book or something to do, so you're less tempted to drive back home.
- Try to wash only full loads. Use the double- or triple-load washers if you've got more clothes than will fit in a single-load washer.
Aug 04,2008
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Apparently I'm not alone in hating to do laundry: One survey revealed that 78% of normally rational and reasonable folks transform into the unfriendliest people on Earth upon entering Laundromats.
OK, I just made that up, but the washateria has got to be one of the more joyless places I'm forced to make a habit of visiting. At least we have BrainWash café/Laundromat here in SF. It's still full of dispirited people, but at least we can all order beer.
-SF Editor Mike...off to do an additional round of smell testing...
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Posted by: Linda | August 06, 2008 at 07:45 AM