Garment Care & Stain Guides
By laundering more carefully, you extend the life of your garments and consume less water and energy. Taking good care of your garments, and using less resources, doesn’t actually take more time or effort. Explore our guides, care products and impact scenarios below.
Care Guides
In our guides we share how to wash, dry and even store your garments in the best way:
Stain Guides
There’s no universal treatment for stains - you’ll have to tackle whatever life throws at you on a case-by-case basis:
Garment care products
We stock a limited range of best-in-class organic detergents, softeners and stain removers as well as other garment care products, such as moth deterrents, brushes and shavers.
SAVE TIME, MONEY AND RESOURCES
As you can tell from the scenario guide in the tables below, washing at 30°C (cold) and line drying vs. washing at 40°C (warm) and tumble drying can have a 1/5th of the emissions (and energy costs). Over a lifetime of a garment, that's a significant difference. The tables compare the laundry impact of one 190gsm T-Shirt (our men's t-shirt) across a hypothetical lifetime of 50 laundry cycles vs. a single full load. Numbers are based on average European white-goods energy ratings, average European energy sources and machine capacity utilisation. Find out more about or impact calculations here.
USE PHASE IMPACT OF 1 T-SHIRT (50 LAUNDRY CYCLES)
Wash temperature & drying type | Emissions per wash cycle | Emissions per drying cycle | Number of cycles | Total emissions | Total energy consumption | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
180gsm T-Shirt share of 7kg/15lb load | 40°C (warm) + tumble dry | 6.9 g CO2e | 29 g CO2e | 50 | 1798.9 g CO2e | 203 kWh |
180gsm T-Shirt share of 7kg/15lb load | 30°C (cold) + line dry | 5.9 g CO2e | 0 | 50 | 295.5 g CO2e | 30 kWh |
180gsm T-Shirt share of 7kg/15lb load | EU avg. (41°C, 12% tumble 88% line dry) | 7.2 g CO2e | 3.5 g CO2e | 50 | 532.5 g CO2e | 57 kWh |
IMPACT OF 1 LAUNDRY LOAD: 3 SCENARIOS
Wash temperature & drying type | Emissions per wash cycle | Emissions per drying cycle | Number of cycles | Total emissions | Total energy consumption | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One load, 7kg/15lb of laundry | 40°C (warm) + tumble dry | 247 g CO2e | 1067 g CO2e | 1 | 1314 g CO2e | 149 kWh |
One load, 7kg/15lb of laundry | 30°C (cold) + line dry | 210 g CO2e | 0 | 1 | 209 g CO2e | 21 kWh |
One load, 7kg/15lb of laundry | EU avg. (41°C, 12% tumble 88% line dry) | 252 g CO2e | 128 g CO2e | 1 | 380 g CO2e | 41 kWh |