Imagine washing clothes by hand for up to 20 hours each week. This is a reality for more than 5 billion people worldwide. In remote villages and settlements — many lacking electricity or running water ...

While most Americans rely on washing machines to clean their clothes, that's not the case everywhere: Over half of the global population washes clothes by hand. It's a time-intensive and physically ...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / March 14, 2025 / For millions around the world, washing clothes is a physically demanding and time-consuming task. Navjot Sawhney, founder of The Washing Machine ...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / December 15, 2025 / The Divya manual washing machine, developed by The Washing Machine Project which is supported by Whirlpool Foundation, was named one of TIME's ...

Alessandra Sutti has received research funding from the Australian Research Council, the Marine Bioproducts Cooperative Research Centre, the Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre and by ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. You wash your shirts, your pants, your jacket—all the things that bring you into contact with the outside ...