I use Dropps laundry pods. My whole family likes them. They are plastic free and super easy to use.

Can you share what you’ve found about Seventh Generation and Ecos?

I use biokleen. I appreciate that they’ve attempted to use mostly cardboard instead of plastic for some of their detergent jugs. Also be on the lookout for some stores where you can bring your own container and top up on detergent yourself. We’re fortunate to have Rainbow Grocery here in San Francisco.

Blueland sells laundry tablets that you just drop into the washer without plastic packaging and is Leaping Bunny certified. Simply Co laundry detergent comes unscented and in a glass jar.

Tru earth laundry strip/sheets. Was skeptical but been using them for a year now and love them.

Dropps is an amazing solution for both laundry and dishwasher. I highly recommend purchasing from their website and buying the largest size for the best price!

Very informative, thanks!

Thanks for the info, will check it out!

Thanks or the tips, will try this

sent this onto my wife she was looking at switching brands

I used to use Tide Free. I use scent-free TruEarth laundry strips; I like that it's a Canadian company. I'm not likely to make my own so this was a good alternative. They work well.

I use Dropps. They’re a subscription service whose pods come in cardboard boxes, and the detergent itself is supposed to be biodegradable. They have a sensitive skin formula that I use and like.

If you're talking about cleaning power? I really hate to be that guy, but I doubt you'll find super strong cleaning power to the effect of Tide... a lot of modern detergents are engineered with special proteins and enzymes and stuff that really amp it up. There is NO comparison to my old homemade formula and Simply Tide.

If you're talking about what works AND provides some zero-waste solutions, there are some start-up companies out there that are leaning heavily into the zero waste categories, and I can't vouch for em myself but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HalLC7LkEF0&ab\_channel=TheBoomershines this review suggests if you get actual stains or messes or anything Tide beats all of the eco brands still--which makes sense, it's engineered for it in a way more gentle and natural things just won't be.

If you're talking about what works technically and is zero waste and super cheap? DIY. At $0.05 a load, it's the cheapest you can get, dissolves even in hard water making it into a liquid format, and the ingredients mostly come in sustainable packaging such as cardboard and much smaller bits of plastic wrapping. Borax, washing soda, and a laundry soap (I can provide a recipe if you're really interested) of your choice WILL clean clothes... but I often found that I had to leave the laundry lid open to let them soak in the solution longer, and I had to often pre-treat stains with a soap stick and my clothes never really had that fresh-washed smell because... they simply didn't smell at all. You can add additives like unstoppables or fabric softener to the mix to give it scent, but honestly, that really defeats the purpose of having no-waste and cheap-as-can-be. When I got injured I 'temporarily' switched to Simply Tide, and for $0.09 a load, the effect was much strong and stains came out easier.. and I am sure it is even cheaper than that since I don't use quite as much detergent as the bottles ever call for because I find it doesn't rinse cleanly away when you do. It helps me keep clothing longer and my quality of life with laundry became much better, so I stick with it now.

Branch Basics is a great company! The concentrate you buy can also be used to make hand soap, all purpose cleaner, furniture polish, etc.!

Nellie's washing powder is great. They have O2 brighter as well. I refill mine at a local bulk shop since they come in metal tins. No scent at all and seems gentle on my clothes.

https://www.earthbreeze.com/

I've been happy with these the past few months. I'm also a single woman with no children who doesn't heavily soil her laundry so it hasn't been put to the ultimate test.

I’ve been using the laundry stuff form BlueLands and I like it! It seems to work pretty well, although I have some trouble getting the tablets to fully dissolve. But I think that has more to do with the terrible and super old washing machines in my apartment complex lol

I bought ingredients matter brand at target. So far no complaints. It’s unscented, dry powder, comes in recyclable box. Cruelty free.
I have sensitive skin so no issues.
Clothes smell clean even without the scent.

I’ve been using Meloria powder for about 6 months, no complaints!

Just use a powder in your market, that is sold in a cardboard box. The simplest is the best way.

All free and clear has worked well for me.

Ecover is the best combination I’ve found between a detergent that works and one that’s supposedly better for the environment with “cleaner”ingredients.

However a lot of eco brands just greenwash, and are often ineffective. The best thing you can do is use a lightly scented or fragrance free detergent that works, make sure you don’t overdose, use the extra rinse, and avoid fabric softener.

Look on Environmental Working Group for laundry detergent ratings.

I'm currently using 365 by Whole Foods Powder. Fragrance free. No optical brighteners, has enzymes. Ingredients. SODIUM CARBONATE, SODIUM CARBONATE PEROXIDE, LAURETH - 7†, SODIUM METASILICATE, PROTEASE ENZYME BLEND†, AMYLASE ENZYME BLEND†, MANNANASE ENZYME BLEND†, LYASE LYASE ENZYME BLEND†, LIPASE ENZYME BLEND†.

The laureth 7 is a surfactant. Some sites will state that it can be a concern in high concentrations.

EWG gives All detergents D and F ratings. Same for Kirkland

Dirty Labs

Big fan of Nellie's Laundry Soda detergent! Used for around 2 years, give or take. Have skin issues. At the same time, started using hydrogen peroxide for sanitizing in wash cycle, white distilled vinegar for rinse, and wool balls for dryer, though I mostly dry clothes on clothesline. Has made a huge difference!

Check out Molly's Suds! I also use Dr. Bronner's for EVERYTHING which includes laundry.

So the ingredient that ny banned is dioxthene (my spelling is wrong and I'm being lazy) but 7th generation laundry detergent doesn't have it and neither does something called puracy. I find soap based detergents leave a residue that I don't like. I use all free and clear because so far it's the only one that neither myself of my kid gets rashy to. I might have to look into the puracy though as it was on greener list. All free and clear has some of that ingredient at lower than the legally allowed amount so it's not been banned but it does still have it.

I know I am way late here but I recently did some similar research and wanted to share my thoughts.

I found that a lot of the big brands are testing positive for 1,4 Dioxane which is not an ingredient but a compound that forms from the active ingredients and is a carcinogen.

I wanted to find detergents (and all products in general) with the least amount of ingredients/chemicals as possible. You can find a lot of different ones online that are more consumer and environmentally friendly.

I landed on laundry sheets because they are typically made with less ingredients than liquid detergent and come in cardboard boxes, so less plastics, etc.

Just my opinion, but hope it helps!

Hb mollys suds detergent sheets?

The best I've found that is non toxic but ACTUALLY cleans your clothes is Puracy. I've tried (what feels like) every goddamn non-toxic, cruelty-free, natural laundry detergent and it is the only one that can still get stains our and cleans the entire load.

Why can’t we have nice things?!?! Guess I have to go detergent shopping now, thank you for the heads up!

I have been using Dropps for over a year now. I am not 100% sure about sustainability, they ship in compostable cardboard box and plastic free products/packaging.

I have tried detergent sheet before, but hated it. It does not desolve completely if I have a large load. The problem can be solved by pre-desolve the sheet first. But I’m lazy.

I use soap nuts. They look like hazelnut shells that you put in a little cloth bag and throw in the wash. They ship in a box, or sometimes a cloth bag. No plastic and the soap nuts are compostable after 3-5 uses.

As important as what brand is how much you use. The CEO of Johnson & Johnson said that the average American uses 6 times the amount of laundry detergent per load as they actually need.

Whichever brand you end up using, find out the correct amount of detergent to use for your particular washer (not an easy task). Next find a way to measure the detergent for every time you do a load. The amount you use should change based on the size of your load and how dirty you think it is.

A problem with those online delivery laundry companies and the laundry pods is that they pre-size the amount. And that size is for a large dirty load. It's not adjustable and therefore can be wasteful.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07SPVZLVQ I just switched to TruEarth detergent sheets about 5 weeks ago. I do A LOT of laundry, between my very active 7 year old and working on potty training 2yo twins. This stuff works great - even peed on clothes come out smelling fine, and we are on well water that's also hard water.

Glad to help! Well water is great for plants but not awesome for clothes, that's for sure. It's been an experience figuring out what works and what doesn't.

We switched to powder but I’ve never tried the newer strips, which look promising!

Powder also comes in cardboard boxes

OP...please check out aranieco on Instagram. I have not purchased them as I am living frugally at the moment but it is a solid eco friendly detergrent/soap brand started by someone who clearly cares for environment.

They sell all types of cleaning products & are not highly expensive afaik

I use green goobe and happi planet.

i use beco

beco

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Check out lochtree.com, they have really good laundry detergent strips that work pretty well and other really good sustainability laundry stuff

Heres a list of 18 ecofriendly laundry detergents that might help :)