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Switch to sustainable soaps—we tested four sustainable laundry detergents to help you make the move!

By Kaitlyn Beickel

As Kermit the Frog once said, it’s not that easy being green. Transitioning the everyday household products you purchase—including laundry detergent—to sustainable and eco-friendly options doesn’t just happen overnight, and it can easily become overwhelming.

If you are looking for a good place to start on your sustainability journey, consider your laundry detergent. It typically comes in a large plastic jug, and while it may leave your clothes smelling like a fresh breeze, it can contain harmful chemicals that irritate your skin and even impact your health.

Luckily, there is a wealth of eco-friendly, sustainable and plant-based laundry detergents options available today. But can they be both gentle on the skin AND tough on stains?

The ICONIC LIFE team put four different eco-friendly laundry detergents to the test to see if they work just as well as the traditional big-box laundry soap, and we were pleasantly surprised with the results. In most cases, these sustainable laundry detergents cleaned just as well, and left our clothes feeling and smelling great.

Sheets Laundry Club

This eco-friendly laundry detergent removes the need for plastic packaging. Instead, the detergent comes in the form of tearable strips, packaged in a 100 percent plastic-free, recyclable cardboard box.

The strips are biodegradable and made with plant-based ingredients with no harsh chemicals, optical brighteners or dyes.

This laundry detergent is very simple to use—just add all of your dirty laundry into the washing machine, add a strip of laundry detergent (or half a strip for small loads and two strips for extra large loads) and wash.

Iconic Thoughts

We tested out the fresh linen scent and it left our laundry smelling fresh and not overly fragrant.