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Lighten Your Laundry Room Load
With an organized and well-designed laundry room, it’s almost effortless to launder even the largest loads.
Laundry
SDA Offers Fast Facts on Fabric Care
Online fact sheet focuses on using laundry detergents the right way.
Laundry
Laundry Room Checklist
Organizing your laundry room not only keeps it looking clean, it is one quick and easy way to help keep you and your family safe. Use this checklist when you are organizing your laundry room, doing spring cleaning or just need a quick review of safety tips.
Laundry
Keep New Clothes New
SDA provides advice for keeping new clothes clean and in good condition.
High Efficiency Washing Machines
Save Suds, Water and Energy
Specially designed laundry detergent and high-efficiency washing machines can reduce water and energy use to as low as 20 percent of that consumed by the conventional load of laundry.

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Laundry: Somebody Has to Do It
How to do laundry the right way and reap the benefits.
Green Living
Green your darks, lights, and whites
Summer might be one of the easiest times to "go green" in your laundry room.
Organizing Strategies
September Signals a Change in Seasons
As the season changes, we consider getting warm clothes out of the closet. But September is also a great opportunity to organize the closet.
Saving Money
Closet Cash
How an organized closet can pay you back.
Automatic Soap Dispenser
simplehuman Automatic Liquid Soap/Lotion Dispenser
While some technology can be a real letdown - this automatic liquid soap/lotion dispenser did not disappoint. Find out why.

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Soap
The old standby is mild enough for personal use, but doesn’t work too well in hard water.
Builders
Chelating agent
A "builder" that gets dissolved minerals out of the way of laundry detergent.
Bleach
Chlorine bleach
This laundry aid is also an effective disinfectant, but be careful.
Borax
Borax
Cleaner and brighter, thanks to this booster.
Detergent
Detergent
A cleaning agent that, unlike traditional soap, works well in hard water.

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Green Cleaning
Cheaper, Greener, Cleaner: Ceiling to Floor Savings
Easy-to-follow recipes for inexpensive, homemade cleaners that are better for the environment and for your health.
Laundry
Talking Dirty Laundry With The Queen of Clean
Strategies and tips for cleaner laundry from the Queen of Clean that includes a complete stain removal guide.
Real Simple: Cleaning
Room-by-room strategies for cleaning every room in your home.
Real Simple Organizing
Organizational help from Real Simple Magazine.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cleaning
Simple ways to clean better and healthier.

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Laundry
Clean Like a Man - The Laundry
Tom McNulty provides quick tips on how to do the laundry "Like a Man".
Baking Soda
How To Clean With Baking Soda
When it comes to household versatility, baking soda is king. Here are just some of the many cleaning uses for sodium bicarbonate.
Carpet Cleaning
Green Carpet Cleaning
In this video series, experts Allen Rathey, president of The Healthy House Institute (HHI), Professor Liz Goldsmith of Florida State University (FSU) and University of Massachusetts lab scientist Heidi Wilcox, explain how to remove tough spots and stains from carpet using green cleaning methods. Different carpet types, prevention, home-made and retail green products, and specific green cleaners and tools that work are covered in depth.
Carpet Cleaning
Green Carpet Cleaning - Home-Made Green Cleaners
In this video series, experts Allen Rathey, president of The Healthy House Institute (HHI), Professor Liz Goldsmith of Florida State University (FSU) and University of Massachusetts lab scientist Heidi Wilcox, explain how to remove tough spots and stains from carpet using green cleaning methods. Different carpet types, prevention, home-made and retail green products, and specific green cleaners and tools that work are covered in depth.
Bathtub
How To Clean a Bathtub
Whether you shower in it or use it for long, luxurious baths, there’s nothing clean—or relaxing—about a tub full of grime, mold, or mildew.