Fight for Your Right to Dry: Line-Drying Laundry

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Freshen up fabrics by hanging them on a clothesline.

Cost of convenience

Clothes dryers account for about 6 percent of your home electricity use, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

On the line

You could keep about 1,000 pounds of CO2 a year out of the atmosphere if you air-dried half your laundry loads.

Anti-clothesline contingent

  • Published on Jul 30, 2009
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