Are you looking for simple way to be more sustainable in your day to day? Easy zero waste laundry will get you started.
Traditional laundry detergents are harsh on the environment in at least 3 ways. First, they come in a wasteful plastic jugs. Second, they have harsh chemicals that are hard on the environment, not to mention your skin. Third, the transportation of the heavy jugs has a large carbon footprint.
“Clean, Green and Simple” Tru Earth laundry strips have solved all these issues and more! I am so impressed with their simple, straight forward problem solving. Let’s have a look.
Why choose easy zero waste laundry
Over 30 billion of loads of laundry are done in North America each year, and the environmental impact is massive.
Plastic is a growing problem that affects us all. 1 billion plastic laundry jugs are used in North America every year. About 700 000 000 end up in our landfills, waterways and oceans.
The long list of chemicals in traditional laundry detergent affect our environment by not biodegrading and tainting our clean water supply. Not to mention the pollution caused by making some of the chemicals.
Tru Earth strips have no palm oil, gluten, SLS/SLES, parabens, phosphates, added dyes, chlorine bleach, 1,4-dioxane (certified by labs), or animal-based ingredients. They also don’t test on animals.
Instead, they contain a dermatologist-certified hypoallergenic formulation that is gentle on the environment and even the most sensitive skin. The strips use soy vegetable glycerin (for natural softening), plant starch, a coconut oil-based foam booster, and mineral and essential oils.
Tru Earth Eco-Strips laundry detergents have a dramatically smaller eco-footprint than liquid and powder detergents. Tru Earth‘s packaging uses zero plastic, and its light weight reduces transportation fuel consumption and global-warming carbon emissions by 94% compared to today’s leading-brand liquid and powder detergent.
The 94% lighter strips save truck fuel and CO2 equivalent to taking 27 million cars off the road for a day, or planting nine million trees.
Not only do you reduce your carbon footprint at home, Tru Earth reduces your carbon footprint before it even gets to you.
More Tru Earth bonus features
As Simple as 1, 2, 3.
First, just place one of these pre-measured eco friendly strips in the wash. Second, set your cycle and turn it on. Third, walk away.
No more messy measuring and spills. One strip, one load, no mess!
If your a minimalist or live in a small space you will enjoy the space savings of the strips. Can you say clean shelves and cabinets. No wasted space! A years worth of detergent in a box half the size of a plastic jug.
Its’ strong cleaning power removes tough stains, reveals vibrant colours, restores radiant whites. Their water softener is plant-derived, food-grade, and biodegradable so homes with hard water can still reap the benefits.
Its low-sudsing formula that works in all types of washing machines, including high-efficiency (HE). Cold water loads, no problem.
All of these amazing features are bundled up in thoughtful low waste packaging. It doesn’t even need supplementary packaging for shipping.
The final bonus feature that I can see, is that it’s manufactured in Canada.
In the End
Method started the revolution in laundry detergent with small stylish bottles of super concentrated detergent.
Now Tru Earth has refined it even more and completely removed the plastic out of the equation.
I am sure there are other similar brands out there but I am so impressed by Tru Earth that I haven’t tried any others.
What is your favourite? Do you know of anything better, leave a comment and share.
Enjoy the simplicity of easy zero waste laundry, consume less but better.
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Pat
Pat is a Ski Patroller/Avalanche Technician with a keen interest in design and sustainable living due to a longtime passion for the outdoors. Seeing glaciers melt, seasons change, summer skies full of smoke and beach pollution first hand, motivate him to make a difference.
As Yvon Chouinard Founder of Patagonia says “If you are not part of the solution, you are still part of the problem”.