Have you heard of "natural soap nuts"? It appears that in India and Nepal, people have used the soap nut (sapindus mucorossi) for centuries to clean their clothes. Hungarian Levente Szabo, inventor of E-wash – a compact washing machine that uses natural soap nuts instead of detergent – has won this year’s international Electrolux Design Lab 2007 award. His design was described as “a brilliant connection between ancient knowledge and high technology” by judges of the prestigious competition.
Szabó says that a kilogram of soap nuts would last the typical person a year, and soap nuts are good for people with allergies and gentle on clothes. But I am wondering - how many kilos can be supplied for all the people from all the countries that will buy "E-wash"? I suppose that many people like me will wish to have it at home.
Design Lab 07 is the fifth annual awards event, which encourages the design of eco-friendly and sustainable household appliances.
via Inside Retailing
2 comments:
My wife recently purchased a bag of soapnuts to use for cleaning cloth diapers for our baby girl. They worked better than any other laundry detergent she had tried. She was so impressed that she bought them in bulk & opened up an e-store so that she have a home-based business and still raise our daughter. Her site is http://Stores.HotterThanHealth.com Check it out!
Very clever of her!
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