Low-carbon life Bible – Tip 22: Hand-wash clothes, once every month

• Source: Global Times
• [16:08 December 03 2009]
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(Text and Picture from WWF China)

- If everyone hand washes their clothes once every month, every washing machine can save 1.4 kg of coal and cut 3.6 kg of carbon dioxide emissions annually.
- The 190 million washing machines in China will save 260,000 tons of coal and cut 684,000 tons of carbon dioxide emission annually.

Global warming has brought about the frequency and intensity of typhoons, droughts and flood, as well as the acceleration of glacier melting and species becoming extinct. The cause of global warming is carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by the consumption of fossil fuels, such as coal and petroleum. This gas is trapped in the atmosphere and causes temperatures to rise.

To save the globe and our beautiful planet, we promote an environmental life with a low-carbon footprint. Let us start with the little things in life!

Remember the formula:
1 kWh electricity = 0.4 kg coal + 4 liters water + 1 kg carbon dioxide + 0.03kg sulfur dioxide