Laundry and Everyday Life

How laundry fits into everyday life: on-demand laundry services, eco-friendlier habits, summer wardrobe care, dryer-vent safety and laundry customs.

How laundry fits into everyday life: on-demand services, eco-friendlier habits, seasonal wardrobes, home safety and laundry customs around the world.

About this section

Lifestyle is where laundry meets the rest of life: habits that are kinder to the planet, keeping summer clothes bright, a dryer vent that could be a fire risk, and how other countries approach washing day.

It's also home to our guides for people who want to earn from laundry. If you own a washer and dryer and wonder whether you could be paid to use them, start with the guide to Washer Hero work, then read the practical ones on police checks and GST/HST registration.

Parents at home will find a comparison of side hustles that fit around naps and school runs, and anyone who came looking for Poplin or SudShare in Canada will find how the same idea works in Toronto. One safety note we'd repeat to anyone: clean your dryer's lint trap after every load, and have the vent checked once a year.

Each guide for would-be Heroes links on to the next step, so you can go from curious to applying without hunting around the site.