Comments on: Eco Balls are no better than nothing, they are just another eco-scam.

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Revolve Rewards | Ecoballs on Sale Now! — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:27:15 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:23:08 +0000

Salt, soap, detergent, ceramics… Whatever is inside the balls, what really matters is if they wash the clothes or not (and in an ecological way as claimed). The way to find out is to compare with washing water only.
Consumer associations of several countries tested the balls and all pretty much concluded that the result of washing with them is about the same as washing with water only.
You can check the tests results here:

http://sopadabola.wordpress.com/testes-2/
Translated to English: http://translate.google.pt/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fsopadabola.wordpress.com%2Ftestes-2%2F&sl=pt&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8

By: Simon Brown

Simon Brown — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:20:04 +0000

So it may be that there are two scams. Eco balls are taking advantage of a natural phenomenon that happens anyway in a washing machine – water dissolved stuff. Water is often known as the universal solvent – it will dissolve most things at least in part. When water is nice and warm it dissolves more stuff and when you churn the dirty clothes around in it for an hour and a bit, it will dissolve pretty much everything but the stubbornest of stains. All by itself. Without ecoballs.

So, you say, the eco balls are a scam. Well sort of.

But what is also a scam, and far more alarming in my mind, is that the detergent manufacturers are intent on us adding vast quantities of the detergent they make to our washes. Obviously they have to maximise return for investors because they’re companies, not charities, but it does beg the question, who is calling scam? As you say, to save the earth, and a ton of money, just use less laundy liquid and dry your clothes on a line. And save the liquid for when clothes are REALLY filthy…