Greenscents: Refillable Laundry Liquids (no palm oil)

Greenscents is a great laundry liquid (in glass bottles, so don’t handle with wet hands). In Nonscents or natural scents (with essential oils), you can send empty bottles back to be washed and refilled. Not just good for the planet, but also good for your wallet, as you get discounts on further orders.

You can replace this laundry powder with twice the volume of their organic castile soap on a hot wash, to brighten whites, no need for optical brighteners! If using for laundry, they are to replace (don’t use with the laundry liquid – it’s either/or, to avoid mixing acids and alkaline products.

Choose unscented laundry detergents if pregnant/nursing and for baby/pet bedding (use higher temperatures for weak immunity and oxygen bleach for stains. Use a microfiber filter, for synthetic fabrics. 

You can bin empty containers of chemical laundry liquids (don’t rinse). For half-full items, take them to hazardous waste at the refuse centre.

Most ‘biodegradable laundry sheets’ contain PVA (plastic polyvinyl alcohol) that still leaches up to 40% plastic into the sea (one expert says to trust such items, she would want to know the precise times and temperatures which can’t be promised).