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Wash Your Clothes In Cold Water To Save Energy

One of the easiest things you can do to reduce your environmental footprint is to start washing all your clothes in cold water! Yes, we know... your Mother/Grandmother taught you to wash your tidy whites in hot water and your colors in warm water, right? Further, you've probably been led to believe that washing your clothes in cold water won't get them clean, right?
Well, guess what... that just isn't true at all! In fact, scientific experiments have proven that your clothes will get just as clean washing them in cold water! Procter & Gamble, the makers of Tide detergent have tested this as well, and like scientists who have studied it, they have concluded that cold water cleans clothes just as well as warm or hot water. In fact, they have teamed up with The Alliance To Save Energy to educate the public on this scientific fact and set a goal of getting 70 percent of all washes in the USA done in cold water by year 2020. You can help reach this goal by switching to cold water washes the next time you visit one of our laundromats in Clearwater Florida!
According to the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), more than thirty-six percent of the average family's use of hot water goes into washing clothes. Wow... that's a lot! Just think how much energy you will save if you use only cold water... and it's such an easy change to make! The NRDC actually estimates that thirty million tons of carbon dioxide could be saved per year if people made the switch to wash in cold water. It's also a wonderful habit to pass along to your children as you explain to them why you are making the switch to washing in cold water only. Remind them that every time they use electricity, unless it happens to be produced by an alternative energy source like solar or wind, that the power they are using ultimately comes from fossil fuels, a finite resource which we all must learn to conserve.
If your kids or spouse begins to argue with the idea of using cold water instead of warm or hot water and asks questions like, "How will our clothes ever get clean in cold water?!" you can throw down the gauntlet and make them a challenge. Have them dirty up an old white pillow case, cut it in half, and wash one side in cold water and the other side in hot water. When the wash is all finished, have the whole family examine both sides of the white pillow case to decide which is cleaner! Is there actually a difference?
You may also want to explain to them after the challenge that hot water actually makes some types of stains, such as blood stains and grass stains, more permanent and harder to remove no matter what kind of stain remover you use. This is because the hot water causes the the stain to "set," i.e. chemically bond, into the fabric of your clothes.