Eco Washing Lines

This was interesting. It’s good that large manufacturing companies are thinking about all this.

SAN FRANCISCO (November 3, 2010) – The Levi’s®brand today announced its new Water<Less jeans – made using significantly less water. The average pair of jeans uses 42 litres of water in the finishing process.  The Water<Less collection reduces the water consumption by an average of 28% and up to 96% for some new products in the line.

“We challenged ourselves to operate at the intersection of style and sustainability. These Water<Less jeans have great styles and finishes, but are made with a lot less water,” said Erik Joule, Senior Vice President of Merchandising and Design of the Levi’s® brand. “We’re excited about the results we’ve achieved so far, and we know we can make an even bigger impact by applying this innovative thinking to other aspects of our production process.”

To read more go to http://greenreview.blogspot.com/2010/11/levi-brand-introduces-waterless-jeans.html

I found this article interesting:

The Environmental Protection Agency contends that  using energy efficient ventilation and vapor barriers are more effective in controlling indoor pollution than houseplants. Some of our favorite houseplants, however, do help mitigate pollutants, some quite efficiently. Just don’t count on them to do the job by themselves.

NASA Experiments

The basis for the claim that houseplants can help make the indoors healthier is a series of experiments completed in the 1980s by NASA and the Associated Landscape Contractors of America. The first experiments tested bamboo palm, Chinese evergreen, English ivy, Mother-in-Law’s tongue sansevaria, ficus benjamina, peace lily, Gerbera daisy and pot chrysanthemum. Four types of dracaena; Janet Craig, marginata, massengea and Warnecki rounded out the group. Researchers tested plants with volatile chemicals including benzene, trichloroethylene and formaldehyde, all common indoor pollutants. The preliminary report of the group concluded that pollutants were mitigated not only by the plants’ respiratory process but also by the nutrient-gathering processes of their roots.

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/126349-house-plants-indoor-air-pollution/#ixzz1C16YRCSZ