All detergents containsurfactants, which are responsible for removing all the grime from your dirty clothes.
How can you avoid this problem?
Try using an eco-friendly detergent that biodegrades within days of its use, creating less potential for water pollution.
(These are much, much more likely to be biodegradable.
)USA Todayrecommends brands like Mrs. Meyers and Method, both of which consist of mostly plant-based ingredients.
Air dry your clothes
Your dryer uses a lot of energy.
The best answer to this problem is opting to air-dry your clothes.
Youll save energy and moneyplus, air drying is best for keeping clothes intact.
While numbers vary,one reportestimates that 700,000 fibers come off in one wash alone.
Anotherreportestimates that 1,900 fibers are released from a single garment.
Use a dry cleaner sparingly
Whats so wrong with dry cleaning?
Many dry cleaners across the U.S. use a cleaning solvent known as perchloroethylene, or perc.
In fact, across some 36,000 garment care facilities, itsestimatedsome 85% of them use perc.
Its also beenshownto cause cancer in animals.
Using your dry cleaner a little less is will certainly help curb the problem.
Or do an online search for green dry cleaners that dont use perc in their cleaning process.
Currently, the two most environmentally friendly dry cleaning processes are wet-dry cleaning and liquid carbon dioxide cleaning.
You might find a green cleaner that uses eitherhydrocarbon solventsor silicon-based solvents.
Both arebetterthan your standard perc dry cleaner, though still involve some degree of environmental waste.
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