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Related: About this forumThe skin of your laundry pods dissolve in the washing machine, right? They dissolve into microplastic. And wastewater
The skin of your laundry pods dissolve in the washing machine, right?
They dissolve into microplastic.
And wastewater treatment systems have no way to filter that out so the microplastics go straight into streams and the ocean.
Just pour your laundry soap out of a box or bottle.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-08/new-york-city-considers-banning-laundry-dishwasher-pods?
ms liberty
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I won't once I finish this container.
applegrove
(123,609 posts)have a dishwasher.
Irish_Dem
(59,694 posts)Scrivener7
(53,188 posts)I've been using the same two plastic laundry liquid bottles to make it in for about 20 years. That's 20 years worth of laundry bottles that didn't go into a landfill. And my detergent costs pennies.
One of the bottles broke, so I thought I'd treat myself and get a bottle of Tide which would become my new 20 year bottle when I was done with the contents. I was shocked that the Tide didn't work as well as my homemade stuff, and the Tide cost a fortune.
drmeow
(5,330 posts)I had no idea. Unfortunately, I just bought a new box of dishwasher pods but I'll stop after this (never used the laundry pods)
applegrove
(123,609 posts)Phoenix61
(17,723 posts)I use bar soap in the shower and for shampoo when traveling. Every little bit helps.
applegrove
(123,609 posts)I think I went to pods because the powder was not available one time. I am going to try out Tru Earth Eco Strips too.