Can I just tell you something? I am totally IN LOVE with my new washing machine. It has a “speed cycle,” which takes 15 minutes start to finish. Faster washing times mean less energy used, less of my time waiting for the load to finish, less water…the list goes on my friends.
In an effort to squeeze even more pennies this year, I’ve started to wash most of our clothes in cold water. Minus things I want to sanitize, like sheets, towels and dishcloths, it seems to be doing the job without any noticeable difference. If that weren’t enough, I was shocked to find out that washing in cold nets HUGE savings when it comes to the environment too.
Please stop, take and deep breath, and prepare to have your mind blown with these fun facts {all found on treehugger.com}:
- Washing a load on cold is the energy saving equivalent of eliminating 9 miles of driving in the car. {Multiply that by how many loads you do a year, and the number is pretty significant.}
- Washing your clothes on hot/warm cycle for one year is the energy equivalent of burning 182 gallons of gasoline in the car.
- Using the cold water setting equates to removing about 162 pounds of CO2 emissions from the environment per year.
Those figures are all based on an energy efficient front loader–add a standard top loader into the mix, and you add significantly to those numbers.
Saving money AND the environment is rad.
~Mavis
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