Gift link you can edit into your post so that people don't hit the paywall for another 10 days or so.
this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2024
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You're welcome. I've got a tendency to scrape these off social media; this one from BlueSky, where the article's author tends to post gift links to their own work.
I thought it was made from some kind of cellulose or sum
Yes, I thought that too. Been avoiding running plastic stuff in my dishwasher for 5 years ...and always using these packs.. Colour me 'not cynical enough'.
You know that softener stuff is made from animals.
Laundry softner?! Don't use that, with the help of having soft water.
PVA, which like all conventional plastics comes from fossil fuels, is closer to a plastic bottle than a banana. To break down effectively, it needs precise conditions in wastewater facilities. Those conditions don’t currently exist
The plastic industry is pretty demented, they're even putting plastic in tea bags now.
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We should go back to powder. These pods are more than enough detergence for a normal cycle and there is no way to cut it down to smaller portion. I get allergies for not rincing enough my laundry with these and a superb video from technology connexion made me realised that I should use power for dishwasher as well.