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Use a Clothesline, Save Up to $85

Why spend good money on electricity and bleaches when a clothesline can provide free clothes drying and natural disinfection?

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Photo: Gloria Nicol

By The Daily Green Staff

Save energy, and make your clothes and linens smell extra fresh, by putting up a clothesline, just like your grandparents did. Start simple with a few sheets, towels and pillowcases.

Automatic clothes dryers were once hailed as a miracle of modern housekeeping, but that convenience came with a price: namely, 6% of total electricity consumed by American homes, according to the federal Energy Information Administration. The average homeowner may spend as much as $85 a year just to dry clothes! Taking advantage of the sun and breeze is free for all!

Remember the expression, "Sunlight is the best disinfectant"? It really is true. Why spend on artificial products to make your clothes smell like mountain meadows, when you can get a better effect from your backyard?


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