If you live by yourself or you have a baby it can be difficult to lock until there's enough washing for a full load without finding yourself short of essential items such as underwear, socks or workwear and for those with children, school uniform, reusable nappies and baby grows are often in short. A washing machine can be a serious energy guzzling culprit if you own the wrong one or you don't use the settings as efficiently as you could so here are some general tips on how to avoid throwing your money in with the dirty washing. The first thing to do if you're looking to reduce the amount of money you spend on water and electricity each month is to address your laundry situation. Chancey until you have enough dirty laundry to do a full load as the same amount of energy and water is used no matter how much washing is in the machine.

Doing a full load is the most efficient way of using your washing machine and it will also save you time in terms of hanging clothes up to dry, folding and ironing clothes and save even more energy if you use a tumble dryer as these also use the same amount of energy no matter how big the load.