Energy-saving appliances and natural products can make your laundry load lighter on the planet.
Inset Handle Storage Basket
Ten Thousand Villages
22-by-16-by-12 inches: $28
date palm leaves handwoven by Bangladeshi artisans
Mt. Everest Drying Rack
Abundant Earth
56 feet of drying space: $100
collapsible rack made with naturally unfinished, salvaged and sustainably grown white pine and birch
collapsible rack made with naturally unfinished, salvaged and sustainably grown white pine and birch
Rice and Feed Laundry Bag and Hamper
VivaTerra
9.5-by-15-inch laundry bag: $20; 14-by-27-inch hamper: $39
handcrafted by disabled Cambodian artisans from feed and rice bags
Handy Line Collapsible Clothesline
Mrs. Pegg’s
Large line (45 lineal feet of drying space): $189; small line (35 lineal feet): $174
all-weather noncorrosive aluminum, portable, two-year warranty
