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Introduction
Introduction
Washing your clothes generally takes up 4% of a household's energy, but drying makes up the greatest share of energy use, compared to the actual washing, when you use a machine.
Drying with a line or a rack can drastically reduce your laundry's energy footprint, but this page can help you understand the best and most efficient ways to dry your clothes depending on the weather, climate, space, and machine type that you may have to work with. These topics are listed from most eco-friendly first to least efficient (and more pollution) last.
Line & Rack Drying
Line & Rack Drying
We often think of line drying laundry to be a solar-powered technique, but it's good to know that this method still works at night and indoors.
Sunlight will speed the drying process and has antibacterial benefits, it'll help with bleaching too!
However on rainy days or nights you can bring laundry in and dry it on a rack or line (people often have a line installed over a bathtub or in their laundry room). A window cracked open to encourage air movement will help speed up the drying process compared to an enclosed space with no air movement, though this might backfire if you live in a particularly humid climate.
Resources for Line Drying Laundry
Resources for Line Drying Laundry
Dry Outside "Stop guessing. Get a science-backed answer to "Should I dry my clothes outside today?" based on real-time local data."
The Science of Drying - How to be a Clothes Line Ninja "A June 2017 Canstar Blue survey showed that 75% of New Zealanders have a clothes line, yet 20% of those admit to using a drier even when it was sunny outside. The benefits of hanging washing outdoors are well known, so the reason for this is presumably uncertainty in the weather. In this blog post we explain the science of drying clothes, and how to feel confident in your free and natural laundry service."
Machine Drying
Machine Drying
Machine drying with an electric machine is more efficient and eco-friendly than using gas. Try to purchase or generate renewable energy to maximize benefits.
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