WHICH ZERO WASTE LAUNDRY DETERGENT IS BEST? The ultimate low waste laundry detergent review

Come along for another unboxing and zero waste product review! Today we are covering SIX of the best zero waste laundry detergents to find out which low waste laundry detergent comes out on top. Which eco-friendly laundry detergent is the best? Let's find out :)

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro + other laundry brands
1:00 - Lazy Coconuts review
3:27 - Ethique Laundry Bar review
5:47 - Earth Breeze Review
7:24 - Dropps laundry review
10:43 - Molly's Suds review
12:47 - Kind Laundry review
15:01 - Final thoughts
19:57 - Bloopers

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[cactusdot]

Dropps is not made of vegetables but the same polyvinyl alcohol (plastic) that other detergent has :( they say online it decomposes with microbes but only certain cities has that technology in their water treatment facilities. Really disappointed when I learned that!

[rachelmelissa]

I really enjoyed this topic - thanks! I’ve been using a laundry powder I get through Earth Hero and I really like it. The brand is Meliora. The first order comes in a reusable metal canister with a metal scoop, but for subsequent orders you can select a paper bag refill with no scoop. The lemon/lavender/clove scent is so wonderful. The powder is made of all natural ingredients and gets clothes perfectly clean. I ha e no affiliation, just wanted to suggest another great option!

[MaiCohWolf]

I use the Ethique Flash bar as a stain remover on my clothes and it's never let me down, even on reusable pads.

[DumaGoonie]

For non liquid detergents, it's sometimes best to put the product in first and then your clothes to eliminate residue. Hope that helps 😸.

[anitasmirnov]

It would be nice if future review videos also compared the prices but I really enjoyed the video nonetheless!

[couragefish]

I didn't have a problem using truearth in cold water. I normally make my own detergent with foraged horse chestnuts (conkers) but washing cloth diapers right now and supposedly that is not great so I go for either truearth or "granny's" detergent, a powder that comes in a 10kg tub.and is labeled as eco friendly. It lasts forever and I reuse the tub for other things when I'm done with it. Bonus is that it basically costs a Canadian dollar per kg.

[DoctorsSong]

Just an FYI on the Oxy-Boost. It's best if that is disloved in *HOT* water. But that doesn't mean you have to do a hot water load of laundry. You can get some hot water in a small container, disolve it and then poor it on your load of laundry.

[afafawad]

I use the Dropps and I’m pretty sure it says somewhere that you have to put the soap at the bottom of your drum first, THEN your clothes. That might be your issue. It works great for me.

[kristinzagorac]

I use dropps and you need to do a deep water wash if you have that setting on your washer. Whenever I use them with a regular eco wash with less water, I get the residue.

[HopeAll]

5:04 How much of that bar should be grated into the washing machine with your clothes? And which size grate should be used? Grate size matters.

[JainMonroe]

here in Finland one company manufactures eco soap bar
it can be made into a detergent solution by grating it into water
this solution can be used to clean all surfaces of the home as well as used for laundry

[cheekywitch]

Dropps does have cold water mesh bags so that you don't get anything left on your clothes. If you do get it on your clothes just rinse in warm water. I haven't had any issues with Dropps when I use the cold water bags.

[cookingtheharvest]

My question, with ALL of these, is do they work well on stains. I'm a farmer. My clothes are DIRTY. I've been using Sheets Laundry Club for about 6 months. Fine for regular wash, but don't love them for stains/heavy grime. Waiting for someone to do a side by side swatch test with a bunch of these.

[chrstopherblighton-sande]

It's good to see there are more options. I hope that more people are encouraged to make the switch to more zero waste/eco-friendlier detergents. Thanks to one of your previous videos I switched to True Earth. Thankfully I've not encountered the problems you've had with them and I'm super pleased with the zero plastic and the extra space it's given me :-)

You may have covered this in a previous video but I'm curious about better options for interdental sticks, floss and moth-washes. I can't use floss so I use interdental sticks. I've tried a couple eco-brands but unfortunately have had some real problems with them. I should check again now to see what newer options exist but if you ever do a video on those types of products I'd be very grateful.

[soapkohtv]

Check out Cocosuds liquid soap concentrate. One pound washes 160 loads packed in reusable cotton bag, no plastic and ships in post consumer recycled box sealed with biodegradable tape.

[EmsLionheart]

Hi Emma! Thank u for taking the time! Procrastinating peeps like me appreciate it!
Take care!
🕊 Emma

[MomijiFAndres]

Great review as always!! I have Earthbreeze and it works well plus they donate 10 loads to people in need such as Veterans (where I selected), all kinds of shelters and disaster relief. But I think I will want to try Molly Suds active wear powder since I like using powder detergent as well.

[tristiangallegos]

This was very informative for me. True Earth was the first laundry sheet brand that I tried, and I absolutely loved it up until at least in my experience the size of the sheet they sent was reduced by about half. I now currently use a brand called Truly Free Home, formerly My Green Fills. Their concept is that they send you the jugs, and then your future refills come in little packets that you pour in and Duluth with warm water. The reason I love them is because they have a softener that is all natural, and it really does work. Since I can't see, your sniff tests, albeit rather silly were actually quite helpful.

[susanwilhelm]

I tried Earth Breeze for a while, liked it fine as it did a good job on my clothes. BUT... it's manufactured in China... I started looking for an option made here in N. America. Tru Earth and Clean People are manufactured in Canada and U.S. I hope these eco friendly detergents catch on.

[lilliangao]

hi! thank you for the video! just wondering - earth breeze ingredients do say Polyvinyl alcohol but is this PVA biodegradable and therefore okay?