Laundry basket

Laundry basket filled with dirty laundry
Stacking of clothes for transport
Production of plastic baskets in Ottendorf-Okrilla, Saxony (1981)

A laundry basket is a basket used for storing clean or dirty clothes, for storage before washing and drying, or for transporting clothes.[1] They are used to keep clean and dirty laundry collected and organised, and can prevent clothes from getting lost or mixed up. Laundry baskets are often placed in a bathroom or laundry room as a piece of furniture in a home, while laundry bags are sometimes used to keep dirty laundry separate during travel.

Different boxes can be used for sorting the laundry according to their intended washing programs, and when a basket is full this can indicate that it is time for doing laundry. It is recommended to separate dirty laundry used by ill people from dirty laundry to be used by healthy people, especially if the clothes will be washed at less than 60 Celsius.[2]

Historically, dirty laundry has sometimes been a thing which people have tried to hide under stairs, counters, et cetera.[3]

  1. ^ "A Product Design on the MG-513 MegaBath Laundry Basket" (PDF).
  2. ^ storbyuniversitetet, OsloMet-. "Doing laundry during the Coronavirus outbreak". Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  3. ^ DiBACCO, THOMAS V. (1994-05-14). "ORIGINS : Airing the Dirty Laundry Basket's History". Retrieved 2023-10-07.