1000 Flowers for the Planet - #20 Use a Clothesline
There are
several benefits to using a clothes line for drying your clothes. This will
save you money that would otherwise be spent on electricity used to run a
clothes dryer. Not using a clothes dryer will also cause less wear and tear on
the fabrics, produce zero static, prevent shrinkage, reduce the need for
ironing and produces no greenhouse gas emissions. Your clothes will smell
fresher and have more body. Mum used to say the sun put healthy stuff into the
clothes, and whilst maybe not scientifically true, they definitely smell nicer.
If the
weather is wet you can still hang your clothes under a veranda or indoors on a
clothes horse. If you have ducted heating the clothes horse can be placed over
a vent to aid drying. If you live in an apartment, put the clothes horse near a
window where it will benefit from the sunshine.
Here in
Australia we have a wonderful Aussie invention called a Hills Hoist, a clothes
line that rotates in the wind and can be raised higher or lower by turning a handle.
We also have back yards here in Oz and plenty of opportunity to dry our clothes
in the warm Aussie sun. Countries with less space and snowy winters have
different challenges, I know, and not everyone can hang their clothes outside,
but those of us who can, should.
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