Clean the lint filter every time you do a load of laundry, but be aware that the filter only traps 60% of the lint removed from tumbling laundry. Annual dryer vent cleaning is recommended to promote maximum airflow needed to keep your dryer operating safely and efficiently.
Dryer lint is dangerous as long as it lurks in your dryer vent system; however, it does have value. There are many possible uses for dryer lint including:
Fire starter: Use lint to start fires in the fire-pit outside, the grill, the fire place or wood burning stove.
Artwork: Mix it with water to form a paste; shape it and paint it when it dries. This gives the children something different to do when inclement weather keeps them cooped up inside.
Stuffing: Use for pillows or stuffed animals
Nature lovers can put the dryer lint in a mesh bag and hang it outside near a bird feeder. Birds will use the lint for nesting material. Squirrels, mice and other small animals will also put it to good use.
Putting the dryer lint to good use is a green idea. An even better green idea is to use a clothes line some of the time. No one expects you to give up the convenience of your clothes dryer all together; however, you can reduce your energy consumption just by line-drying things like sheets and towels. Some people use their dryer just long enough to reduce wrinkles and then they finish drying on the clothes line.
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