5 Cleaning Hacks that Preserve Water, Energy, and Your Stuff
May 24 2021 - 9:15AM
Business Wire
Quick and easy changes to your cleaning habits
can save you money and help the planet.
Since the pandemic—and doing more of everything at home—it
probably feels like you’re cleaning more, too. You might be
wondering how to strike a balance between keeping clean or keeping
"green."
A new study by P&G found that 71% of people want to do more
to be sustainable at home, but fewer than four in 10 make
environmentally conscious choices at home as often as they’d like.
For most people, “not knowing how” is one of the top barriers to
acting sustainably.
“It may surprise you to know many cleaning products are designed
to work better using less product, energy, and water,” says Morgan
Brashear, Senior Scientist for P&G. “How we use them makes all
the difference.”
Here are five easy cleaning hacks to help with your personal
footprint.
- Save the equivalent of 80,000 glasses of water a year just
by using the dishwasher It’s as easy as skipping the prewash
and going right to the dishwasher. Highly effective dish cleaners
like Cascade are scientifically-designed to clean stuck-on food
without pre-rinsing. A running sink can use up to 4 gallons of
water every two minutes, while an ENERGY STAR certified dishwasher
uses less than 4 gallons per cycle. Using your dishwasher daily
instead of washing by hand can save up to 100 gallons of water a
week.
- Let your dishwasher pay for itself in energy and water cost
savings Did you know that a dishwasher uses half* of the energy
that handwashing does? According to ENERGY STAR, you can save up to
$130 per year** on utility bills just by using your dishwasher.
Over the lifetime of the dishwasher, that’s potentially thousands
of dollars in savings.
- Use cleaners that extend the life of your things With a
simple wet, squeeze, and erase, the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser can
extend the life of products all over your house. Whether it’s
keeping rust from building up on your kitchen appliances, cutting
through soap scum and hard water spots on your bathtub and shower
glass, or even making sure your white tennis shoes stay pristinely
white, the Magic Eraser can keep your stuff looking like new. “It’s
based in science, but the Magic Eraser truly is magical,” says
Brashear. “Although it’s best known for removing scuffs and marks
from walls, the Magic Eraser’s applications extend throughout the
entire home. And the best part is, all you need is a little water
to activate the magic.” Meanwhile, Febreze odor-eliminating fabric
sprays can extend the life of fabric furniture by reducing odors
that build up over time, or extend the wearability of clothes
between washes. So instead of replacing your couch pillows every
couple of years, you can keep them smelling like new with a little
spritz.
- Look for concentrated formulas to reduce water usage You
may instinctively avoid products that say “concentrated” from what
you know about food labels, but cleaning products are different.
Quality dish cleaners are scientifically formulated to get the job
done the first time so you can tackle more dishes with less
dishwashing liquid and less water. New innovations are wasting less
water, too. Winner of the Good Housekeeping 2020 Best Cleaning
Product Awards, Dawn Powerwash creates spray-activated suds without
water to get dishes clean without soaking, so there’s no need to
use the faucet until the final rinse.
- Skip scrubbing and save nearly 10 days’ worth of personal
time each year If you’re willing to give up the sponge and your
handwash habit, you can save 30 minutes by simply using the
dishwasher. That means over the course of a year, you can save
nearly 10 days of personal time. That’s enough time savings to
start your own compost pile and garden.
Following these simple tips can bring more green into your
cleaning routine. For more on saving water at home and finding
products to help, visit
https://cascadeclean.com/en-us/about-cascade/rethink-the-sink/.
About Procter & Gamble
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strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands,
including Always®, Ambi Pur®, Ariel®, Bounty®, Charmin®, Crest®,
Dawn®, Downy®, Fairy®, Febreze®, Gain®, Gillette®, Head &
Shoulders®, Lenor®, Olay®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, SK-II®,
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*When using dishwasher four times a week versus handwashing for
17 minutes every day.
**When switching from using 180 gallons of water per week
handwashing to automatic dishwashing 4 times a week, electricity
rate of 11c/kWh (US).
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Will Hennessey, FINN Partners on behalf of P&G
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