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  2. 6 Eco-Friendly Alternatives to Laundry and Dishwasher Pods

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    ADAM ALBRIGHT. Detergent pods can make doing laundry or running the dishwasher slightly more convenient. The pre-portioned packets make it easy to toss a pod in, hit 'start,' and cross the chore ...

  3. How To Use Borax In Laundry For Fresher, Brighter Clothes - AOL

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    Presoak for Color Rejuvenation & Freshness. If you need to brighten your clothes, especially white garments, pull out a bucket and pour in 1/2 cup of borax for one gallon of water. Then, dunk the ...

  4. How to whiten white clothes without bleach - AOL

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    You can use the powder in water of any temperature, and add it directly to the drum of the washer with your laundry detergent. Soaking clothes in the powdered water mixture for a couple hours will ...

  5. Laundry detergent - Wikipedia

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    Liquid laundry detergents in a Chinese supermarket, April 2020. Laundry detergent is a type of detergent (cleaning agent) used for cleaning dirty laundry (clothes). Laundry detergent is manufactured in powder (washing powder) and liquid form. While powdered and liquid detergents hold roughly equal share of the worldwide laundry detergent market ...

  6. Laundry detergent pod - Wikipedia

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    Laundry detergent pod. Laundry detergent pods (also called "packs" or "liquitabs") are water-soluble pouches containing highly concentrated laundry detergent, softener and other laundry products. Notable brands of these packs include All, Arm & Hammer, Gain, Purex, Persil, Rinso and Tide. [1] They first became popular in February 2012 when they ...

  7. Dishwashing liquid - Wikipedia

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    Dishwashing liquid (washing-up liquid in British English), also known as dishwashing soap, dish detergent, or dish soap, is a detergent used in dishwashing. Dishwashing detergent for dishwashers comes in various forms such as cartridges, gels, liquids, packs, powder, and tablets. [1] It is usually a highly- foamy mixture of surfactants with low ...

  8. Optical brightener - Wikipedia

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    Laundry detergent fluorescing under ultraviolet light. Optical brighteners, optical brightening agents (OBAs), fluorescent brightening agents (FBAs), or fluorescent whitening agents (FWAs), are chemical compounds that absorb light in the ultraviolet and violet region (usually 340-370 nm) of the electromagnetic spectrum, and re-emit light in the blue region (typically 420-470 nm) through the ...

  9. Phosphates in detergent - Wikipedia

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    Phosphates in detergent. Phosphates in detergent refers to the use of phosphates as an ingredient in a detergent product. The advantage of using phosphates in a consumer laundry detergent or dishwashing detergent is that they make detergents more efficient by chelating calcium and magnesium ions. [1] The disadvantage of using phosphates is that ...