A washing that uses just one cup of water per cycle has been invented by a professor at the University of Leeds. Into the mix, along with regular washing detergent, are 20kg of plastic chips that “pound” clothes clean.
Professor Stephen Burkinshaw, who invented the machine - which uses one cup of water each cycle - said: “The performance of the Xeros process in cleaning clothes has been quite astonishing. “We’ve shown that it can remove all sorts of everyday stains including coffee and lipstick while using a tiny fraction of the water used by conventional machines.”
As a bonus the washing machine leaves clothes virtually dry at the completion of a cycle, eliminating the need for a clothes drier.
