For Bernina and PassatDoc
Bernina:
Yes, you are right: Ecover Laundry Bleach is sodium percarbonate (although I don't know how pure it is) but I can buy it in bulk (10 Kg, about 22 lb) for 1/3 the price of Ecover Laundry Bleach.
Not to mention the fact that it is delivered in a simple sealed plastic bag (less package) while Ecover Laundry Bleach is packed in 400 g (about 0.9 lb) cardboard boxes. Yes, Ecover says that the cardboard is recycled, but much less package is much better even than recycled package.
More in general, I don't like the fact that the Ecover products are not ecological at all, but a well organised advertising campaign spreads this mystification that "the environment is happy if you wash with Ecover"
PassatDoc
"In Sweden, many liquid detergents come with a dispenser ball"
At least in Italy, the dispenser balls were introduced together with the first liquid detergents. At that time people did use the pre-wash and was used to put powder detergent in the pre-wash compartment of the detergent drawer. The advertising campaigns explained that "this new liquid detergent in its miracle-wonder-technological-advanced ball is so effective that you will not need the pre-wash because the fantastic-ecstatic-orgasmic ball will deliver all its cleaning power at the heart of your laundry"
If you pour liquid detergent in a dispenser drawer designed for powder detergent (as it is often the case) the liquid pours under the open drawer and, when you close the drawer and start the machine, the water does not rinse it (well, this is not that clear, hope it is understandable...)
[this post was last edited: 2/10/2011-15:37]
Bernina:
Yes, you are right: Ecover Laundry Bleach is sodium percarbonate (although I don't know how pure it is) but I can buy it in bulk (10 Kg, about 22 lb) for 1/3 the price of Ecover Laundry Bleach.
Not to mention the fact that it is delivered in a simple sealed plastic bag (less package) while Ecover Laundry Bleach is packed in 400 g (about 0.9 lb) cardboard boxes. Yes, Ecover says that the cardboard is recycled, but much less package is much better even than recycled package.
More in general, I don't like the fact that the Ecover products are not ecological at all, but a well organised advertising campaign spreads this mystification that "the environment is happy if you wash with Ecover"
PassatDoc
"In Sweden, many liquid detergents come with a dispenser ball"
At least in Italy, the dispenser balls were introduced together with the first liquid detergents. At that time people did use the pre-wash and was used to put powder detergent in the pre-wash compartment of the detergent drawer. The advertising campaigns explained that "this new liquid detergent in its miracle-wonder-technological-advanced ball is so effective that you will not need the pre-wash because the fantastic-ecstatic-orgasmic ball will deliver all its cleaning power at the heart of your laundry"
If you pour liquid detergent in a dispenser drawer designed for powder detergent (as it is often the case) the liquid pours under the open drawer and, when you close the drawer and start the machine, the water does not rinse it (well, this is not that clear, hope it is understandable...)
[this post was last edited: 2/10/2011-15:37]
