"Communal laundries are one of Sweden’s environmental success stories. They began as part of the post-war million homes project, when modern apartment blocks were equipped with shared tvättstugor (laundry rooms) instead of individual residents having to buy their own machines"

#Environment #Sweden #EnergyCrisis

How Sweden’s communal laundries shield renters from rising energy bills
https://theconversation.com/how-swedens-communal-laundries-shield-renters-from-rising-energy-bills-279415

How Sweden’s communal laundries shield renters from rising energy bills

Communal laundries are easy to find in Swedish apartment buildings and can provide a cheap way to do the washing.

The Conversation

@junesim63 Social = shared = solidarity

The great illusion of consumerism is that it’s democratising agency and control to individuals, when in reality it’s breaking up a sizeable union of shared ownership that can stand its ground against oligarchs, leaving behind disparate groups who can’t fight back.