Modern-day laundry doers have it pretty easy: Soiled clothes, towels and sheets go into the washing machine and come out clean, job done. But knowing how to launder a garment by hand is more useful ...

From tiny plankton to massive whales, microplastics have been found throughout the ocean food chain. One major source of this pollution are fibers shed while laundering synthetic fabrics. Although ...

Imagine washing clothes by hand for up to 20 hours each week. This is a reality for more than 5 billion people worldwide. In remote villages and settlements — many lacking electricity or running water ...

Deirdre McKay receives funding from the British Academy, the Leverhulme Trust, and UKRI via the Arts and Humanities Research Council and Global Challenges Research Fund. Kelly Sheridan receives ...

In 2018, Navjot Sawhney was volunteering in South India with Engineers Without Borders UK when he discovered that his neighbor, Divya, spent up to 20 hours per week hand-washing clothes. Sawhney ...

Okay, okay, we know what you're thinking – how hard is it to hand wash your clothes? And when was the last time you even needed to hand wash clothes? From a broken washing machine to abrupt spills and ...