We all know the traditional story on laundry: heat up a ton of water (most detergent works best in warm and hot water), add detergent and perhaps bleach and fabric softener, slush it all around with your clothes, and end up with clothes that look clean. What are all the problems?

• Heating up water doesn't just cost a lot of money (from 5-50 cents per load, depending on a variety of factors). It also uses a bunch of energy, which pollutes the planet.


• Most detergent is highly toxic. This makes it bad for the planet when dumped into the environment after the laundry is done.


• Some detergent usually stays in the laundry afterward (why you still get the smell that many people like), so if you've used a toxic brand, it can cause skin irritations and allergies. You also breathe the stuff on subtle levels all day long, so it's affecting your lungs. Thousands of children under 5 also get into detergent every year, and some end up in the hospital.


• Even if you've used a natural detergent, it tends to mat down the laundry (less fluffy laundry), dull the colors, and reduce the life of your clothes and other laundry. It still takes energy and resources to produce. It's still not ideal to dump into the environment. And it still costs you money to buy (or make).


• Detergent does NOT disinfect laundry. It might clean it and make it smell nice if you like perfumes, but it doesn't get rid of viruses and bacteria.

Well did you know that you can easily address all these issues and get cleaner laundry, help the environment, and save a ton of money every year? That's the benefit of using ozone to do your laundry.

Why haven't you heard about this before? Simple. It used to be that ozone laundry units were too large for use in the home, so they were used by hospitals and hotels, but not by people at home. Ozone laundry systems have only recently reached the home market.

To me, the benefits are simple and straightforward:

• No more heating up water. Ozone works optimally in cold water. By saving energy, you're reducing pollution from the power plants. Annual hot water savings are $40 to $80 per year for the average family. Larger families or those with higher energy costs could save $200+ each year in hot water bills.

• No more soap / detergent. The ozone already cleans your laundry, and it does a better job than detergent. (Though you can still pretreat and add bleach if you like.) For one thing, ozone disinfects and detergent does not. Ozone doesn't build up in the clothes, so laundry ends up brighter and fluffier and it lasts longer. Ozone dissipates, so you're just dumping dirty water into the environment (not chemicals). Ozone leaves a fresh, non-perfume smell to laundry; doesn't irritate the skin; and doesn't cause allergies. Save anywhere from $20 to $200+ per year on detergent.

• No more washing machine fabric softener. That means using even fewer chemicals if you normally use fabric softener in the washer; and it means saving another $100+ per year.

• Less drying time. I don't know how universal this one is, but many people use their dryers less once they get rid of chemicals that make fabrics more difficult to dry. This is more energy savings and could put up to $50/year in your pocket.

Altogether, this means stopping with a bunch of chemicals in the house, which by the way put thousands of children in the hospital every year and are generally toxic for us to have in our clothes all day. (And in our sheets, etc.) It also means an annual savings of probably $200+ for most families of 4, which is just a terrific bonus.

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