LAUNDRY TIME!
Love the task or hate it, it is a necessary part of house hold chores.
The Good Ole Days of Laundry:
Remember when you were a kid and all your laundry magically appeared clean, folded and sometimes was even put away? Well those halcyon days went kaput when you became an adult. Even those of us who just love to sort and fold, sometimes wish that once and a while a fairy godmother would appear, wave her wand and the dirty clothes piles would simply transform into sparkling clean, folded stacks. It’s a fact. Any way you look at it, doing laundry is a weekly ritual that we can’t ignore. We all have the shared experience of managing our dirty clothes, sheets, towels and miscellaneous gear. And we all have a choice about the products we use to get it done.
Better Laundry with Natural Urges
Preparation:
The days of banging our clothes on rocks beside a stream, or using the old open-top agitator that had the rollers on top are history! In developed countries, we are all blessed with great washing and drying technology that gets our clothes clean and dry efficiently. But – to be honest, there is still a lot to think about with each load we put into the wash and what we decide to do each time has an environmental and personal health impact.
Do you separate your colors? When and why do you choose to add various laundry care additives like softeners and/or bleaches? Why might you choose to use detergent pods vs liquid detergent? Do you use a fabric softener in the washer or in the dryer? How much time does it take overall and how much energy is expended? Is this just a weekly event or might it be something you do almost every day?
New Methods that Save Time & the Environment:
Natural Urges Laundry Sheets are light weight, pre-measured detergent sheets that come in a fully recyclable cardboard box. They are a perfectly engineered substitute for that environmentally wasteful liquid detergent which comes in a single use plastic jug or even a liquid detergent pod. You simply remove a laundry sheet, put it in the wash, and your stains and odors will magically disappear. These sheets perform as well as the best laundry detergent brands on the market, the scent is clean and fresh and you are not contributing to the single use plastic waste or unnecessary transport of heavy water filled plastic jugs across the country. You have water in your washing machine. You simply need to add a lightweight square of detergent infused natural material and you are done. You have completed your task and saved the environment. Well done!
Natural Urges Laundry Sheets are such an easy alternative that you will be amazed and we know that you will become a product evangelist like us! Let’s get rid of those aisles of plastic jugs in the grocery store! We don’t need them and the detergents simply don’t work any better. Natural Urges products are safe, perfect for daily use, and never use any single use plastics. We will help you lower your own carbon footprint, every time you do your daily chores!
Thank you for doing the right thing!
GET TASKS DONE WITH A PLAN
Laundry is one of those daily tasks that can be a drain and challenge to your family or it can be used as a learning experience. How it is handled can reveal a lot about your family dynamics, for good and bad. At Natural Urges, we encourage you to think about doing laundry as a household bonding opportunity.
With these steps, we know your laundry journey can be a positive one!
New Methods that Save time & the environment:
1.) Get the right laundry products.
This is more complicated than one would think. These days, the choices you make each time you buy laundry detergent and do a load have implications to your household carbon footprint. The collective environmental impact of all of our choices is enormous. We highly recommend Natural Urges Laundry Detergent Sheets because they immediately decrease the environmental impact by eliminating all single use plastics, harmful chemicals and dyes right up front. Our products contain no plastics, they are packaged in recyclable card board boxes and they are safe for both top load and HE front load machines, as well as for hand-washing of clothes. What’s more, our sheets get the job done as effectively as the old liquid or liquid pod method. Natural Urges Laundry sheets are pre-measured (1/2 sheet for a small load and whole sheet for a regular/large load) and they are light as a feather.
2.) Delegate!
It’s hard to ask for help! Sometimes if you want things done right, it seems like it is easier to do it yourself. But we believe that kids can and should be engaged in the process. Even children at early ages can help you make piles and sort through laundry before you start, or match those pesky socks together after you do a load. Whether it’s asking a partner to help fold the laundry or having your children move the laundry from the washer to the dryer, there are plenty of ways that everyone in the household can help make laundry chores just a little bit easier.
3.) Be Organized!
Have everything you need in a convenient and reachable area. We love Natural Urges Laundry Sheets because they are not only pre-measured, to help you and your family know how much to use each time, but they are compact, lightweight and easy to store. They are great for living situations when you have space constraints, fantastic if you just want to pull out one or two sheets when you are on the go to your local laundry mat or dorm laundry room and just as fabulous and at the ready on your home laundry room shelf in their convenient sliding drawer box.
4.) Laundry Hampers!
Wow do we love our laundry hampers! We recommend having at least two near your laundry machine- to pre-separate your darks and whites. You will appreciate the time this frees up if everyone in the household commits to using this system!
5.) Set a Schedule so Everyone knows!
“XYZ is laundry day… so have your stuff in the laundry area!” Keep your clan in the routine for laundry time and sharing in the washer to dryer transition and the folding tasks. Having a system that everyone understands and products at the ready makes laundry day easier and fun. No one person should have to do this chore alone. And everyone can learn and benefit from making healthier, more eco-friendly choices in their cleaning routine – naturally!
DON’T FORGET about the drying time!
You can forget about those polyester drier sheets you have been using. They never decompose and could be filling your air with toxins.
Natural Urges 100% New Zealand Wool Dyer Balls improve your drying time by 25%.. That’s right – your clothes will be dry faster!! And you will use less energy!! Save money, and take back that time for family and shared activities!