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Often people laugh at the suggestion that one washing line can make a difference in today's world.
Lets just take a moment and see what a washing line can do for the environment and also for the general well being of you and your family.
The humble washing line in general is a pretty basic piece of equipment, with its specific purpose to aid in the drying of clothes and washing such as sheets and towels.
If a washing line is used in a big way or a small way, it can help in many different ways around the home, many of which are little know facts that are listed below,
- A washing line saves energy around the home by eliminating the need to use an electric tumble dryer, which is a very high energy using piece of household equipment.
- By eliminating the use of a tumble dryer you also save money on household energy bills and help reduce green house gases which are produced when energy is required for such things as tumble dryers and electric clothes drying devices.
- Green House gases are also reduced when a tumble dryer is eliminated from your home by the fact that if plastics, steel, electronics, wiring and all the other components needed to make a tumble dryer are not required, then they don't have to be made which requires huge amounts of resources and energy. A standard washing line is around 1/20 of a dryers components.
- When a tumble dryer is used inside your home it can affect the air quality greatly by sending hot musty air particles into the air which often affect people with asthma, also it can have an affect on the automated heating and cooling systems that a lot of today's home now have installed. When a automated system such as air conditioning is operating and a tumble dryer is also in use, often these two devices are fighting each other with one sending hot air into the house while the other is trying to cool the air, creating a double energy load and large power bills.
- A washing line has a normal life expectancy of around 20-30 years, versus 4-7 years for the average tumble dryer.
- Clothes smell better when dried outside in the sun
- Tumble dryers also reduce the life of most clothes by heating and breaking down of the fabric or material.
These points are just a number of many which show the benefits of a washing line around the home.
Just think if we could take electric dryers out of most homes and replace them with environmentally friendly indoor and outdoor washing lines, the impact would be huge for homes, power companies and the environment.