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Clothesline Energy Savings

It's easy to see that a clothesline is free, and doesn't use any energy at all. What's harder to measure: all the hidden costs of using an electric or gas dryer. Besides the expense of the unit and the energy it uses, there's a big carbon footprint, and the landfill space that behemoth takes up when it breaks down.

While saving energy by using a clothesline, you are also extending the life of your favorite clothes. Dryers are abrasive (that lint was ground off your clothes). Line-dried clothing lasts much longer. Fewer rags in the garbage, fewer trips to the store to replace your beloved outfits.

Best of all, you'll discover after you start line-drying that the process is relaxing and meditative. It's a quality-of-life benefit you may not have expected. By hanging clothes on a clothesline you'll end up with more energy than you started with.

Clothesline Buying Guide

Choosing the right clothesline, whether you want a retractable line, umbrella style, or drying rack, is easy. Consider your desires and circumstances, if you prefer to do it in or out, and how much room you have to work with. However you decide to do it, the benefits of line drying your clothing will be a breath of fresh air.

Drying Rack: The Alternative to Clotheslines

When you picture line drying, it's easy to imagine shirts flowing in the breeze. But for apartment dwellers and those with tight spaces, drying racks offer an alternative that's portable, efficient and is ideal for indoor use.

Legality and Zoning Regulations

It used to be that everyone used clotheslines. Then came electric dryers, quickly followed by flag-waving elitists who crowed that line drying was for the "little people." As attitudes readjust and line drying now becomes a symbol of enlightened people who care about the Earth, right-to-dry laws are slowly catching up.

Clothesline Drying Tips for Wrinkle-Free Clothes

Hanging laundry on the clothesline is as easy as a day in the sun. Shirts are more naturally wrinkle-free, and you can skip abrasive, itchy bleach because the sun disinfects naturally. But there's still room to learn, so read these tips to get the most from natural drying.