Can you buy your way to a greener life? Probably not, but there’s no shortage of products that promise to reduce your carbon footprint and generally make your life more environmentally friendly. In a ...

Hand washing is recommended for some types of clothes, such as lingerie, unstructured wool items, cashmere sweaters, and any fabrics that can be damaged by too much agitation. However, the pile of ...

From tiny plankton to massive whales, microplastics have been found throughout the ocean food chain. One major source of this pollution are fibers shed while laundering synthetic fabrics. Although ...

Between 6,500 and 87,000 tonnes of microfibres are shed during domestic laundering every year in the UK. Many of these minuscule fibres end up in rivers and oceans, with devastating consequences for ...

The Washing Machine Project was the idea of former Bath University student Navjot Sawhney Hand-operated washing machines developed by a team of engineers in Bristol are providing a “crucial” service ...

There is no final spin that can distort delicate fabrics on the hand wash cycle. Hand washing fabrics, if done correctly, still offers the least wear and tear on the most fragile textiles. Hand ...

The hand wash cycle on a washing machine mimics hand washing with slow agitation. There is no final spin that can distort delicate fabrics on the hand wash cycle. Hand washing fabrics, if done ...