The team conducted a series of experiments in which known quantities of five such chemicals were mixed with water and passed through a dishwasher, a washing machine, a shower head inside a shower stall or a tap in a bath, all inside a specially designed chamber.

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In an effort to save smartphones from the landfill, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos recently patented a design for a smartphone airbag system and we fell head over heels for the Scrubba, a portable washing machine made of lightweight material that's so small it can fit in your pocket.

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Staff were soaked with water bombs, washing-up liquid was squirted into the eyes of one teacher, and the head's office was "trashed", she said.

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"We don't want you to buy one motor home, " says Kenneth Scolaro, head of sales and a 25-year veteran who got his start washing coaches at 17.

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