First I will share my laundry soap recipe with you. I have been using this for about 6 years so I don't even remember where I found it.
I grate 1 bar of soap and put it in a pot with 2 quarts of water. Stir till the soap is melted.
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In a 5 gallon bucket fill with 4 1/2 gallons of hot water. It looks soapy because I had a little leftover soap in the bottom. Once you fill the bucket add in 1 cup borax and 1 cup washing soda. Both come in cardboard boxes and can be composted or recycled. Stir in the ingredients.
When the pot of soap is ready pour it into the bucket. Stir it in. You can then put into pour-able containers or leave it in the bucket. I leave mine in the bucket. Let it set 24 hours. Stir it up good before you use.
Secondly, I hang dry a lot of my clothes. I do dry some in the dryer too. It's pretty much half and half. Someday I will have a place to hang dry everything outside all spring and summer! Again, this zero waste life takes baby steps. For now I have 3 drying racks for inside all fall and winter and I set them outside during the spring and summer. I have a little spot in my laundry room where I can hang dry a few things as well.
When I do dry things in the dryer I use a wool dryer ball sometimes with a little essential oil. The dryer ball helps with static!
And there you have it. Pretty simple. I have been doing it all this way even before we started our zero waste journey. Once you get into a routine with doing something new it's like you have always done it this way.
