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Against Disposable Society

[Scotland] | 30.04.2010 11:26

Anyone wishing to 'fight climate change' in the home after they have insulated their homes and turned their heating down to the point where they are freezing might look for further inspiration to sweden where they are producing a very efficient washing machine called the ISE 1606w.

The company's mission statement is to reduce inbuilt obsolesence and spec whitegoods that are designed to be repaired economically and last twenty years plus under conditions of heavy use.

The machines are a response to the trend in recent years to follow consumer demand for cheap, lower spec machines that pack in after 3 - 5 years and lead to 1.3 million machines being dumped every year.

The 1606W semi commercial machine cost £900 delivered but they do a cheaper model at - £500. Class war etc.

You can look at the machines on a site called 'uk whitegoods'

PS I don't work for ISE nor do I believe that this in any way seriously addresses global warming / eco collapse so don't hide this second attempt at publishing this re written article please, I think this represents public interest

Previously hidden article below:

Revolutionary Washing Machine

There is a washing machine out that's carefully marketed to appeal to hardcore environmentalists. The makers claim the machine is designed to be economically repaired and will thus last ten or twenty+ times longer than modern low spec cheap machines 1.5 million of which get binned every year. Also that they're easier and cheaper to repair than the rival high end German Miele machines.

But come on UK Whitegoods, do you really think you can fool everyone into thinking they're going to solve climate change by buying a washing machine? Wooden wringers! That's what they should be making.

http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/

[Scotland]
Original article on IMC Scotland: http://www.indymediascotland.org/node/19173

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30.04.2010 12:58

don´t use a machine wash by hand or is that too much like hard work?

hildy

hard work? yes it is

30.04.2010 14:53

Yes - washing by hand is too much like hard work, when you have a young child for instance, or when you work at a dirty manual job and have to wash your work clothes at home. So we'll be keeping our washing machine, and some of us as anarcho-techno-communists aim to spread washing machines to all! maybe in big corner communal laundries? or not...

mudlark

Open source designs and FabLabs

30.04.2010 15:52

What is needed are local fabrication labs where people can make and repair stuff using free designs, but it's also interesting that there is some money to be made from making things that are not designed for the tip.

Watch this if you haven't already:

http://www.storyofstuff.com/

Chris
Homepage: http://fablabs.org.uk/

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30.04.2010 19:11

What's with all the adverts on IM these days?

There are already plenty of washing machines that will last 20years (Bosch, Miele, Siemens etc), and cost a lot less than £900 (not that some of the mentioned brands don't have models costing upwards of that).

The german brands are also often designed to be readily repaired rather than sent to the tip.

There is no news here, just an advert for a webstore. Not really what IM is for, is it?

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