Sustainable Brands

How Whirlpool, Washing Machine Project Are Bridging ‘the Global Washing Divide’

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 ...
Yahoo

Whirlpool is partnering up with global nonprofit to provide thousands of off-the-grid washing machines: 'It's an … empowerment engine'

While most Americans rely on washing machines to clean their clothes, that's not the case everywhere: Over half of the global population washes clothes by hand. It's a time-intensive and physically ...
Sustainable Brands

The Purpose Collaborative

1 month ago - The Washing Machine Project and the Whirlpool Foundation are scaling distribution of a hand-cranked washing machine to help women and girls in remote areas reclaim time for education, ...
The Conversation

Doing laundry by hand sheds just as many microfibres as machine washing – new research

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 ...