- EPA’s appliance energystar program requirements passed in 1992 to conserve water and energy to conserve water and electricty so the industry stopped making regular clothes washers in favor of the newer HE models that use 1/4 of the water and a faction of the electricity.
- In 2010, class-action lawsuits forced changes and Tub clean cycles were created to sell strong, chemical cleaners thereby negating water and energy requirments passed by the EPA and caused another problem. Dozens of corporations selling own versions of strong, chemical cleaners to use in the new Tub Clean cycle that have detrimental effects to our Earth’s water supply with each cleaning cycle
