Fresh thinking

We all want to do our bit for the planet but sometimes it feels a bit overwhelming. In her new series for 2020, KATE HASKELL talks to people and businesses doing their best to make it easier to live The Green Life. This month - The Eco Laundry

- KATE HASKELL

There can be no better feeling than slipping in between cool, freshly laundered bedsheets. It’s just one of the reasons I love a night away in a hotel or holiday cottage. The linen is clean and well-pressed, the bed perfectly made and, best of all, I haven’t had to do it.

However, if you are trying to live your life in a greener, more earth-friendly way then we all know that changing the sheets every day isn’t the way to do it. We all buy into the common policy in hotels of not having fresh towels every day but I draw the line at bedclothes!

But what if you knew that your hotel sheets had been cleaned in the most eco -friendly way possible? If you also knew that a lot of care and thought had gone into making sure your experience was just as good but it wasn’t at the expense of the world around you?

This is where The Eco Laundry comes in, with Lola Grogan the driving force and passion behind it. Lola and her family moved to Devon a few years ago and instantly set about making their house “off grid” as she explains: “We put in a biomass boiler, installed solar panels and got rid of a much-loved gas Aga, which I was sad to see go, but it had to.”