That's exactly what was happening to me.
Every single morning I'd wake up completely congested, like I had a cold that never went away.
My stuffiness wasn't from a cold or poor air quality - it was from breathing in chemical fumes from my freshly washed sheets all night long.
My "clean" bedding was suffocating me while I slept.
I knew I needed to switch to a detergent without harsh chemicals like parabens, dyes, optical brighteners or preservatives immediately, but honestly, finding something that would clean effectively while being free of respiratory irritants felt challenging.
Every "fragrance-free" option I found still contained optical brighteners or other unnecessary chemical additives.
But the more I researched detergents, the worse it got!
The laundry detergent that you're using is packaged in massive plastic containers.
Isn't it time to revolutionize the laundry room?
Not only is detergent inconvenient and a hassle, it also poses a direct threat to the environment, and it is making your household generate way more plastic waste than it has to.
So what type of laundry detergent should you use?
Let's just do a mini quiz: which one of these is the best laundry detergent option?
1. Liquid Detergent
2. Capsules
3. Powders
The answer is: None of them. And here’s why.
Most Americans still use liquid laundry detergent.
Even though it’s inconvenient, hard to carry, takes up too much space, it’s a hassle to use, and easy to overuse…
It can even be awful for the environment because of those single-use plastic jugs.
Those jugs may not even get recycled because 91% of plastic doesn’t get recycled. And bright-colored plastic is notoriously difficult to recycle.