Energy-saving appliances and natural products can make your laundry load lighter on the planet.
Inset Handle Storage Basket
Ten Thousand Villages
22-by-16-by-12 inches: $28
date palm leaves handwoven by Bangladeshi artisans
Mt. Everest Drying Rack
Abundant Earth
56 feet of drying space: $100
collapsible rack made with naturally unfinished, salvaged and sustainably grown white pine and birch
Rice and Feed Laundry Bag and Hamper
VivaTerra
9.5-by-15-inch laundry bag: $20; 14-by-27-inch hamper: $39
handcrafted by disabled Cambodian artisans from feed and rice bags
Handy Line Collapsible Clothesline
Mrs. Pegg’s
Large line (45 lineal feet of drying space): $189; small line (35 lineal feet): $174
all-weather noncorrosive aluminum, portable, two-year warranty