Do Eco-Friendly Laundry Detergents Work? TruEarth Review
Summary
TLDRIn this episode of the 'Green Wife Happy Life' podcast, host Pam reviews True Earth's eco-friendly laundry detergent, discussing its paper packaging, ease of purchase, and safety ratings. Despite not being listed by the EPA's Safer Choice program, it earns a 'C' from the Environmental Working Group. The family finds the detergent effective but notes the lack of fragrance as a downside, as they associate a clean smell with cleanliness. Pam encourages trying new eco-friendly products and provides links for further information.
Takeaways
- 🌿 The podcast episode features a review of an eco-friendly laundry detergent called True Earth.
- 📦 True Earth detergent comes in minimal, paper packaging, emphasizing its eco-friendliness.
- 🔍 The host discusses the importance of packaging, ease of purchase, and health ratings when choosing laundry detergent.
- 👨👩👧👦 The family's experience with the detergent is mixed, with some finding it confusing due to its paper-like appearance.
- 🏷️ True Earth is not listed on the EPA's Safer Choice program, which evaluates cleaning products for safety and environmental impact.
- 📊 The Environmental Working Group rates True Earth a 'C' on their healthy cleaner database, indicating average safety.
- 🛒 The detergent was initially only available online but is now found in local grocery stores, making it easier to purchase.
- 👃 The family noted that True Earth detergent is fragrance-free and does not leave the typical 'clean' smell on clothes.
- 👕 There is a preference for the 'Fresh Linen' scented version of the detergent, as it provides a more familiar clean scent.
- 🔄 The host encourages trying out new eco-friendly products and is open to reviewing more, even if they are just average.
- 😂 The husband, Rob, humorously suggests giving the detergent an 'F' for its lack of fragrance, adding a light-hearted touch to the review.
Q & A
What is the name of the podcast where Pam and Rob discuss eco-friendly products?
-The podcast is called 'The Green Wife Happy Life Podcast'.
What type of product does Pam review in this episode of the podcast?
-Pam reviews an eco-friendly laundry detergent in this episode.
What is the name of the company that produces the laundry detergent Pam reviews?
-The company is called True Earth.
How is the packaging of True Earth's laundry detergent described in the podcast?
-The packaging is described as a paper envelope, which is considered eco-friendly due to its non-plastic material.
What does True Earth describe their laundry detergent as?
-True Earth describes their detergent as an ultra-concentrated, hypoallergenic laundry strip that is liquidless and pre-measured.
Which two resources does Pam mention for evaluating the safety of cleaning products?
-Pam mentions the EPA's Safer Choice label and the Environmental Working Group's Healthy Cleaner Database.
What rating did the Environmental Working Group give to True Earth's laundry detergent?
-The Environmental Working Group gave True Earth's laundry detergent a 'C' rating.
How does Pam rate the ease of purchasing True Earth's laundry detergent?
-Pam rates it as a 'B' because it used to only be available online, but is now becoming more accessible in local grocery stores.
What feedback did Pam's family give about the laundry detergent's scent?
-The family's feedback was that the detergent is fragrance-free and does not make the clothes smell clean, which is a departure from what they are used to.
What does Pam plan to do if there are other eco-friendly products that listeners want the podcast to review?
-Pam plans to try out the suggested eco-friendly products, even if they are obscure or new to the market.
What joke does Rob contribute to the discussion about laundry detergents?
-Rob jokingly gives the laundry detergent an 'F' grade, implying that he felt his hands were tied and couldn't contribute more to the discussion.
Outlines
🌿 Eco-Friendly Laundry Detergent Review
In this segment, the host Pam introduces the topic of reviewing an eco-friendly laundry detergent from True Earth. She outlines her criteria for evaluation, which include packaging, ease of purchase, health and safety ratings, and feedback from her family. The detergent comes in a paper envelope, emphasizing its eco-friendliness by avoiding plastic. Pam mentions checking the EPA's Safer Choice label and the Environmental Working Group's (EWG) Healthy Cleaner Database for third-party health ratings, giving the product a 'C' rating. She also discusses the increasing availability of the detergent in local stores and her family's adjustment to its fragrance-free nature, which deviates from traditional laundry detergents' scent associations with cleanliness.
👕 Family Feedback on Fragrance-Free Detergent
The second paragraph delves into the family's experience with the True Earth laundry detergent. Pam's husband Rob and her teenagers found the detergent's lack of fragrance to be unusual, as they are accustomed to associating a 'clean' smell with cleanliness. The detergent is available in two scents, Fresh Linen and fragrance-free, with the family having tried the latter. Despite the absence of a traditional scent, Pam defends the product's eco-friendliness and the reduction of chemicals typically found in fragrances. She also invites viewers to suggest other eco-friendly products to try and promises to continue providing reviews, ending the segment with a light-hearted joke about Rob's contribution to the discussion.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Eco-friendly
💡True Earth
💡Packaging
💡Laundry Strips
💡Fragrance-free
💡EPA Safer Choice
💡Environmental Working Group (EWG)
💡Hypoallergenic
💡Product Review
💡Ease of Purchase
Highlights
Introduction to the 'Green Wife Happy Life' podcast with hosts Pam and Rob discussing eco-friendly lifestyle choices.
Pam's intention to review an eco-friendly laundry detergent that her family uses regularly.
Rob's simple lifestyle and the family's large laundry needs due to their size.
Criteria for the product review include packaging, ease of purchase, health rating, and family feedback.
Introduction of the laundry detergent from True Earth, an eco-friendly brand.
Description of True Earth's packaging as a paper envelope, emphasizing its eco-friendliness.
Explanation of True Earth's laundry detergent as an ultra-concentrated, hypoallergenic strip.
Pam's positive review of the packaging due to its paper material and minimalism.
Safety evaluation using the EPA's Safer Choice label and the Environmental Working Group's database.
True Earth not listed on the EPA's Safer Choice list, raising some concerns.
The Environmental Working Group rates True Earth's detergent as a 'C', which Pam accepts as average.
Discussion on the ease of purchasing True Earth detergent, now available in local grocery stores.
Family feedback indicates the detergent is fragrance-free and doesn't provide the expected 'clean' smell.
Rob's humorous critique of the detergent's lack of fragrance, suggesting it deserves an 'F'.
Pam's openness to trying out more eco-friendly products and her interest in reader suggestions.
Invitation for listeners to join the next episode for more product reviews.
Rob's playful contribution to the discussion, adding humor to the podcast's end.
Transcripts
[Music]
hey guys and welcome to this episode of
the green wife happy Life podcast where
I Pam the green wife and my husband Rob
who has a happy life to talk
about green things that I make my family
do and how we like them so just I like
to make super simple swaps perfect so in
this episode what I wanted to do is um
give you a review of a product okay that
I use all the time and uh it's a laundry
detergent which Rob probably knows a lot
about I'm a simple man in a simple life
got it okay right and a happy wife got
it okay who likees laundry detergent
well I mean we have a lot of laundry so
there were there were five of us now
there's four cuz one's a college but in
any case so what I want to do in this
product review is I want to cover a
couple of things just so you know like
what what I look for so I'm going to
tell you um obviously what it is a
little bit about it and then um I want
to talk about packaging I want to talk
about how easy it is to buy like wear
and I want to talk about like a health
sort of rating like a that you know a
third party rating if it's available and
then I want to know what my husband and
what my teenagers thought of it okay I
was wondering what I'm doing here right
that's your that's your job so okay so
the first laundry deter detergent that
I've tried is from a company called true
Earth and
it it's the first eco-friendly laundry
sorry sorry yes it's it's one of the
eco-friendly La laundry detergents that
I have tried so and again what I mean by
that I'm going to go over those things
so okay so true Earth is a company
that makes a laundry detergent that was
I think very confusing for my family at
first but it is in it it comes in a
paper envelope basically that is it
that's all the packaging so that's a for
me an eco-friendly it's not plastic it's
paper and that's it um and the laundry
detergent itself is this small strip of
basically laundry detergent um and the
company uh describes it as um a laundry
strip
that packs Ultra concentrated
hypoallergenic cleaning power into a
tiny pre measured strip of liquidless
laundry detergent so that was very
confusing for my family they're like I
was confused at first too they're like
perforated it looks like it looks like
paper so that's that's it so um
packaging wise I give it a big thumbs up
um safety wise I usually look at like
two resources I look at um the EPA has
it's called Uh safer for choice and they
put like a label on um products like
cleaning products and stuff that they
have sort of evaluated and only things
that meet their standards make it on the
list so um Dre Earth isn't listed in
their product list and I don't know if
that's cuz they never reviewed it um I
don't know how you tell if it's already
been through the process but and the
other one I use is did you know I do all
this with all of our products yes I do
okay I do now I do now and the other one
is I just use these as a guide because
I'm not a chemist I don't I don't know
and you know the I don't even know what
some of these terms mean to be honest so
um and the other is the environmental
working group they have a healthy
cleaner database where they go through
all sorts of testing and you can you
know take from it what you want but then
they give it a rating at the end okay so
this product true Earth they give it a c
so I'm okay with the c honestly cuz
there's so many things that are like FS
that I used to use so I'm okay with the
c AG great cuz we can't find a b or an A
we can but I wanted to try a whole bunch
of them I'm not satisfied with average
okay I
am just kidding oh that's so
mean I'm just kidding wow I'm the I'm
supposed to be the funny one okay anyway
so all right so packaging I think this
is a a thumbs up safety I guess you know
average I'm okay with average
um
um this one I used to only be able to
order online like for me uh that's about
a b in terms of of ease of purchasing
cuz I often forget that I'm out of
something and then I'll be in the store
and I'm be like oh I need to I need new
more laundry detergent and so I would
pick anything off the shelf cuz there
weren't a lot of healthy healthier
eco-friendlier options I mean there more
now like when you go shopping you're
sing exactly more what's next so no so
we're so so this one true Earth I have
been seeing at my local grocery store um
so it is um becoming a lot easier to
purchase so did you have any feedback on
this one when you did the
laundry no no okay I don't think they I
and I might be wrong if if this is one
of them but they don't smell like I
think of laundry smell that's my
critique yeah th right and that was so
this one is actually um fragrance free
yeah fragrance free yeah it smells like
it smells like nothing it also they also
come in uh let's see Fresh Linen and
yeah Fresh Linen that's the other St
well let's get Fresh Linen so so yeah so
um that was the biggest feedback from my
family is that it doesn't smell like our
clothes don't smell clean I think we're
so used to smell clean equaling good
smell that this was like oh they're not
clean but it's the fragrance and stuff
that that a lot of chemicals are used to
create the fragrance so that's the thing
so um so anyway so that is um the
feedback on this from from the family
and I will um you know leave uh links to
this product if you want to read more
about it like if you want to read about
the environmental working group um
evaluation and all the stuff that goes
into it again I just use it as a guide
um to kind of steer me in the right
Direction so and you can look up things
that you are are currently using and see
you know how they rate um safety wise
but um yeah so I'll leave links to that
if there's another product that you want
us to try out I love trying out stuff
that's eco-friendly um obscure things or
you know a lot of things that are new to
the market I love trying them out so and
so does Rob and it doesn't have to be
great it can just be average apparently
right I'll take a
see okay so that is it so um we will see
you guys on the on the next episode and
uh we'll be back with some more product
reviews all right talk to you wait you
want a joke oh oh wa yes I wanted to
contribute more to this discussion on
laundry detergents but I felt like my
hands were
tied I think T getes like an F I'm going
to give that an F all right all right
[Music]
bye
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