Competition time! We love our washing lines and clothes lines around here at My Green Australia. So we want to celebrate this love and also welcome Spring and Summer time!

We have sung the clothes lines' praises time and time again and we know the benefits gained from not using a clothes dryer, namely a huge savings on our electricity bill, reduced carbon footprint, and clothes that smell like the sun and fresh air!

Yes, there are places where hanging your laundry, specifically undies, out in public causes an uproar - there is even a documentary about this - Drying for Freedom!

Craziness huh?

But we are here to celebrate and Eco Pegs have been able to send us some pegs to giveaway to one lucky reader! I am already using their pegs that I purchased from the shops and so far they are brilliant. Previously I hand some hand-me-down pegs from family which were great but due to their age, they have started to break apart. These pegs are great and I totally recommend them but here are the facts:

We all know how annoying wooden clothes pegs can be when the metal part rusts and leaves a nasty stain on your wet clothes and towels. Now help is at hand with EcoForce Recycled Clothes Pegs. The unique design of the EcoForce Peg ensures everything is made from a single piece of plastic, making the EcoForce range of pegs stronger, safer and more energy efficient to produce. There is no metal part to rust and stain clothes, and the unique spring system design used in the pegs was a winner of the Design Council Millennium Products Awards.

EcoForce Recycled Clothes Pegs are not only made from recycled plastic they are also strong and durable. Key features include:

  • One piece design, no spring to cause injury
  • No metal parts to rust and stain clothes
  • No wood to discolour clothes
  • Extremely tough and almost impossible to break
  • Grips clothes even in the windiest of weather

EcoForce Clothes Pegs are unique because:

  1. They are made from a revolutionary moulding process meaning that there are no springs or separate parts to fly off and cause injury
  2. They won't discolour clothes as wooden pegs can, nor are there any metal parts to rust.
  3. They are made from at least 93% recycled plastic, predominantly PET, and as such they just make plain common sense (and can also be recycled themselves after use).

Daniel Neumann of EcoForce explains:

"It seems ludicrous that so many general everyday items are manufactured from virgin plastics and other materials at great cost to our environment when in so many instances it is entirely unnecessary. A clothes peg is just the start and what's more, it is ideal for boat owners nationwide. At EcoForce we are dedicated to bringing to the general public a range of affordable, usable everyday products that work, manufactured from recycled materials."

EcoForce Recycled Clothes Pegs are available from Woolworths, Coles and independent retailers.

What you need to do is head over to My Green Australia on Facebook and comment on our laundry loving post about the benefits YOU get from line drying your clothes! I will select a winner at random and they get some free EcoForce Pegs!

This competition is open to Australian entrants only, and we will arrange a winner on 15th of August, 2011.

This article was first published on My Green Australia. My Green Australia is a resource of information about living green and healthier in Australia. We want to protect and cherish our country and preserve the natural beauty of Australia for many generations to come.