How Almost-Waterless Washers Are Saving the Environment
The new machines could represent the biggest leap forward in the industry since electric-powered washing machines.
Two years ago, Rob Hegel had his “magic bean moment.” Hegel, the director of purchasing for a Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, was walking through a trade show in New York when someone handed him a test tube filled with white nylon beads half the size of a Tic Tac. “The person told me that what I was holding would not only save me hundreds of thousands of dollars—it would save the environment too,” Hegel says.
Earlier that year, with , Governor Jerry Brown
