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Do-it-yourself laundry detergent is an excellent idea to save money and think about the environment. Let’s see how to prepare it for a year.
Making your own homemade laundry detergent will allow you to only spend around ten euros for a year’s worth of washing machines.
DIY laundry detergent: advantages
In addition to being purchased at the supermarket, detergent can also be made at home, with considerable savings. Doing your own laundry will also allow you to respect the environment and the health of the people we care about. Very often, in fact, detergents sold in supermarkets contain surfactants or chemical substances which, in the long run, can have harmful effects on the body.
Not to mention the dangerous effects on the environment. In addition, homemade laundry detergent is hypoallergenic and does not contain preservatives.
It has been shown that French families, for example, carry out an average of 5 washing machine washes per week, for a total of 220 washes in a year. During these washes, 26 liters of liquid detergent and 40 kilos of powder detergent are used.
At home, you can make all the detergents, even the one to wash your laundry in the machine. Let’s see how to produce it for a year’s worth of laundry, using just two ingredients and spending less than ten euros (around 0.35 cents per liter).
Manufacturing Process
The ingredients needed to prepare the liquid laundry detergent you will need for a year’s worth of laundry are:
Marseille soap flakes, 60 grams (average cost, approximately 0.40 cents)
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