Green Laundry Statistics
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90 percent amount of total energy used by a typical washing machine to heat the water; only 10 percent is used to power the motor. |
49 percentage of laundry loads run with warm water in the United States; 37 percent are run with cold water and 14 percent are run with hot water. |
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| 7,000 gallons amount of water saved per year by a typical front-loading washing machine compared to a top-loading washing machine. |
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34 million tonsamount of carbon dioxide emissions that would be saved if every household in the United States used only cold water for washing clothes. |
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88 percent average increase in energy efficiency for a washing machine between 1981 and 2003. |
99 poundsamount of carbon dioxide emissions saved per household each year by running only full loads of laundry. |
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