If you're not on the case already, it's time to say goodbye to large plastic bottles or indeed heavy cardboard boxes of detergent/soap powder and welcome the laundry strip into your life. It looks like a piece of white paper but it's in fact super concentrated detergent; simply put one strip in your washing machine and it'll provide the cleaning. Get packs of laundry strips delivered when you want from the Eco Laundry Club; British Columbia-based Tru Earth laundry strips are available in the UK at andkeep.com. Strips are biodegradable, detergent used is eco friendly, ie no parabens, vegan ingredients, hypoallergenic.
*Decomag bought a pack of Tru Earth strips to test out. The verdict: we were very dubious that one small strip could clean a full load of laundry, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating. So our verdict is: terrific, one strip really does clean dirty clothes and bedlinen very effectively. It's great not having huge cumbersome boxes of bottles of detergent in the cupboard. The downside is the cost. A pack of 32 strips costs £12.99 plus £1.99 postage. So £14.98 for 32 washes = 46.5 pence or thereabouts. Compare to a box of Ariel pods, £8.50 for 36 washes or a bottle of Persil non bio liquid, 34 washes for £5.00 - that's just 14 pence a wash.