Wash Clothes Cold: Save Energy, Cut Toxics, Companies Say

Cleaning product companies can cut carbon dioxide emissions by designing laundry detergents that work in cold water, a top Seventh Generation company official said Nov. 9.

“We can’t change consumer behavior, but we can develop cold water detergents to reduce energy consumption,” Chantal Bergeron, who oversees liquid formulation development for the company, said at the Cleaning Products US 2016 conference.

Many detergents already work well in cold, warm and hot water, but there’s room for innovation in the cold-water arena, Brian Sansoni, vice president of sustainability initiatives at the American Cleaning Institute, told Bloomberg BNA.

Kristoffer Friis Gleberg, senior ...