We separate our waste, take a reusable bag to the supermarket and leave the plastic straws behind. But have you ever looked in your laundry cupboard? Every year, an average household uses dozens of kilos of plastic bottles simply to get our clothes clean.
The figures don’t lie An average bottle of liquid detergent soon weighs 1.5 to 2 kilos and is made of thick, rigid plastic. Even if you recycle, producing and transporting these bottles uses an enormous amount of energy. At Lavoa, we calculated that switching to laundry strips saves an average family around 2.5 kilos of plastic per year. That may sound like a small number, but imagine if your entire street did the same.
From truck to letterbox The problem isn’t just the plastic itself, but also the volume. Because liquid detergent is heavy and takes up a lot of space, hundreds of trucks drive around every day transporting “water in plastic”. Our laundry strips are feather-light and fit in a cardboard envelope. One truck can carry 20 times as many washes when we switch to strips. That means a huge reduction in CO2 emissions.
No microplastics in our water At Lavoa, we look at more than just the packaging—we also consider what’s inside. Many traditional detergents contain ingredients that are not fully biodegradable. Our strips dissolve completely and leave nothing behind. No microplastics ending up in our oceans, just clean laundry and a clear conscience.
A small step with a big impact Living more sustainably doesn’t have to be complicated or cost more. Washing plastic-free with Lavoa may well be the easiest green switch you can make at home. You save space, you save yourself the hassle of carrying heavy bottles and you save our planet a lot of unnecessary plastic.
