Posted by P Habel on June 11, 2009, 12:21 am
We need to replace our washing machine.
One machine that looks promising seems to require "front loading" washing
machine detergent so that the clothes aren't left covered with a white
residue. We have been using some of the environmentally friendly powders
in our old machine, putting the grey water on our Canberra garden. Are
there any detergents out there that are less prone to leaving residue but
still fine for garden use? What should we be looking for?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Philip
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Posted by atec 7 7 on June 11, 2009, 3:44 am
P Habel wrote:
> We need to replace our washing machine.
>
> One machine that looks promising seems to require "front loading" washing
> machine detergent so that the clothes aren't left covered with a white
> residue. We have been using some of the environmentally friendly powders
> in our old machine, putting the grey water on our Canberra garden. Are
> there any detergents out there that are less prone to leaving residue but
> still fine for garden use? What should we be looking for?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> Philip
>
Low phosorus I expect , we use the Aldi product with resulting clean
cloths and the law survives .
Posted by David Hare-Scott on June 12, 2009, 1:36 am
atec 7 7" <"atec 77 wrote:
> P Habel wrote:
>> We need to replace our washing machine.
>>
>> One machine that looks promising seems to require "front loading"
>> washing machine detergent so that the clothes aren't left covered
>> with a white residue. We have been using some of the
>> environmentally friendly powders in our old machine, putting the
>> grey water on our Canberra garden. Are there any detergents out
>> there that are less prone to leaving residue but still fine for
>> garden use? What should we be looking for?
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Philip
>>
> Low phosorus I expect , we use the Aldi product with resulting clean
> cloths and the law survives .
Low sodium would be more important to me.
David
Posted by Anne Chambers on June 11, 2009, 4:02 am
P Habel wrote:
> We need to replace our washing machine.
> One machine that looks promising seems to require "front loading" washing
> machine detergent so that the clothes aren't left covered with a white
> residue. We have been using some of the environmentally friendly powders
> in our old machine, putting the grey water on our Canberra garden. Are
> there any detergents out there that are less prone to leaving residue but
> still fine for garden use? What should we be looking for?
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Regards
> Philip
I use Biozet, which says it is Grey Water Suitable, and the plants have survived
so far.
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Anne Chambers
South Australia
anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com
Posted by Ross McKay on June 11, 2009, 9:21 am
On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:21:23 +0000 (UTC), P Habel wrote:
>One machine that looks promising seems to require "front loading" washing
>machine detergent so that the clothes aren't left covered with a white
>residue. We have been using some of the environmentally friendly powders
>in our old machine, putting the grey water on our Canberra garden. Are
>there any detergents out there that are less prone to leaving residue but
>still fine for garden use? What should we be looking for?
There are both liquid and powder detergents that are greywater safe. The
powder ones are not recommended for food crops though, so that may push
you towards the liquid ones.
Check out Earth Choice, and Eco Store. (We're currently switching from
the former to the latter, as the newer version of Earth Choice has
something in it that upsets SWMBO).
--
Ross McKay, Toronto, NSW Australia
"Let the laddie play wi the knife - he'll learn"
- The Wee Book of Calvin
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> One machine that looks promising seems to require "front loading" washing
> machine detergent so that the clothes aren't left covered with a white
> residue. We have been using some of the environmentally friendly powders
> in our old machine, putting the grey water on our Canberra garden. Are
> there any detergents out there that are less prone to leaving residue but
> still fine for garden use? What should we be looking for?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> Philip
>