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dc.contributor.authorLaitala, Kirsi
dc.contributor.authorKlepp, Ingun Grimstad
dc.contributor.authorHenry, Beverley
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-09T10:54:19Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-23T09:56:53Z
dc.date.available2017-10-09T10:54:19Z
dc.date.available2017-10-23T09:56:53Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationLaitala K, Klepp IG, Henry. Global laundering practices – Alternatives to machine washing. Household and Personal Care Today. 2017;12(5):10-16language
dc.identifier.issn2035-4614
dc.identifier.issn2035-4738
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/5313
dc.description.abstractThis article discusses laundering practices around the world including alternative methods such as washing by hand, airing, steaming, and dry-cleaning. These methods, which have received little attention in research, are often more suited to products made of wool, silk or other materials able to be cleaned using gentler techniques than more commonly used fibers such as cotton and synthetics. The material is based on an extensive review of literature from the past 20 years and reanalysis of previously unpublished survey data. The results show that washing by hand is common and that is the main laundering method in most rural areas of developing countries, but also significant for a smaller proportion of laundry in developed countries. Dry cleaning is less common, and mainly used for specific clothing items. Simple method such as airing can reduce the washing frequency, and thus reduce the environmental impacts resulting from the cleaning of clothes.language
dc.language.isoenlanguage
dc.publisherTKS Publishinglanguage
dc.relation.urihttp://www.teknoscienze.com/tks_article/global-laundering-practices-alternatives-to-machine-washing/
dc.subjectClothinglanguage
dc.subjectDry cleaninglanguage
dc.subjectHand washinglanguage
dc.subjectLaundrylanguage
dc.subjectWoollanguage
dc.subjectWashing machineslanguage
dc.titleGlobal laundering practices – Alternatives to machine washinglanguage
dc.typeJournal articlelanguage
dc.typePeer reviewedlanguage
dc.date.updated2017-10-09T10:54:19Z
dc.description.versionacceptedVersionlanguage
dc.identifier.cristin1503344
dc.source.journalHousehold and Personal Care Today
dc.relation.projectIDNorges forskningsråd: 244618


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