Eco Laundry Products
Sliced Bread
BBC
4.6 • 695 Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
In this episode presenter Greg Foot investigates three products that promise to make washing your laundry better for the planet.
Listener Clare wants to know if the Ecoegg she’s using really is a greener alternative to liquid detergent and whether the cleaning pellets inside are harmful to the environment.
Another listener, Jane, got in touch about laundry sheets – strips of concentrated detergent that go inside the washing machine’s drum. Is the slightly higher cost worth it to cut down on waste?
And finally Mary wanted to know about filters that capture harmful microfibres which are shed from our clothes in the washing process and get into the environment, causing huge problems for marine life.
This series, we’re testing and investigating your suggested wonder-products. If you’ve seen an ad, trend or fad and wonder if there’s any evidence to back up a claim, drop us an email to sliced.bread@bbc.co.uk or you can send us a voice note to our new WhatsApp number: 07543 306807.
PRESENTER: Greg Foot PRODUCER: Simon Hoban
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, podcast fan. |
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| 0:40.4 | Hello, I'm Greg Foote and welcome to the show that looks for the facts behind the fads. |
| 0:45.9 | Today, rather than investigating one of your suggested wonder products, |
| 0:50.0 | I'm going to be running three through the wash, a trio of eco-laundry products. |
| 0:55.5 | Here's the first from Claire Cullen in Edinburgh. |
| 0:59.6 | Hi Greg. I've recently bought an eco-egg which feels like a much greener option than regular detergent, |
| 1:06.9 | but I want to know more about the pellets inside that do the cleaning. |
| 1:11.3 | Their website says that they're potentially hazardous to humans, |
| 1:14.8 | which makes me wonder what that might mean for the environment. |
| 1:18.8 | Also, what's the best way to dispose of the pellets once their 70 or so washes are up? |
| 1:24.8 | Thanks. |
| 1:25.5 | Thanks, Claire. |
| 1:26.2 | And here's the second suggested eco-laundry product from |
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