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Cut laundry costs
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- Anything that needs to be dry-cleaned will carry traces of tetrachlorethylene, sometimes called perchloroethylene, from the dry-cleaning process. Ideally remove these from the plastic when you get them home, hang up and air well (not in your bedroom). Exposure can cause dizziness, headaches and fatigue - the International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies it as a probable carcinogen. By only buying machine-washable items, or experimenting with hand-washing on dry-clean items, you can protect your health and the environment - and cut your laundry costs.
- If your clothes smell smokey when you've been down the pub or in a smokey atmosphere, save cash, water and energy by hanging them by a window or in the garden. It's all to easy to chuck them in the laundry basket, but do they really need to be washed? A blast of fresh air will do the trick just as effectively.
