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Laundry against landfill: how green are your clothes-washing habits? – quiz

Posted on Jul 26, 2021
1.How much water does a washing machine use per wash during an average cycle? 5 litres. 20 litres. 50 litres. Reveal 2.How many items of used clothing go to landfill in the UK every year? 500 tonnes. 2,000 tonnes. 350,000 tonnes. Reveal 3.Once thrown away, the average polyester product is likely to survive for how many years in landfill? 25. 100. 200. Reveal 4.How many months of extra wear would it take to lower the carbon, water and waste footprint of the UK’s clothing by 20-30%? 9 months. 12 months. 18 months. Reveal 5.Most of the energy in a laundry cycle is used for … Spinning the drum. Heating the water. Pumping and draining the water. Reveal 6.Awareness of our environmental impact is already creating change. So far, reducing washing temperatures, tumble drying less, and ironing less has reduced the carbon footprint of clothing by how much? 100,000 tonnes 500,000 tonnes. 700,000 tonnes. Reveal 7.Microfibres are the tiny synthetic fibres shed by your clothes in the wash. Just how small are they? 1 denier. 1 millimetre. 1 centimetre. Reveal 8.How many short microfibres can a fleece jacket shed in a single wash? 10,000. 250,000. 800,000. Reveal 9.How much carbon could a household save in a month by drying outside on a washing line instead of in a tumble dryer? 10kg. 25kg. 36kg. Reveal 10.Tumble drying not only takes a toll on the environment, but on your clothes too. Just 20 cycles of drying can reduce the strength of fabric by … 15%. 50%. 75%. Reveal 11.Dark clothes should be washed … Inside out. At a high temperature. By hand. Reveal 12.How many new fashion items are bought each week in the UK? 10 million. 23 million. 38 million. Reveal

Ecover is on a mission to liberate the value of our clothing by challenging the nation to wash wisely, wear longer and waste less. Find out more at ecover.com/laundryagainstlandfill