Given the abundance of laundry you may have to tackle weekly, it is plausible you’ve been using excess laundry detergent. This intriguing insight originated from “Consumer Reports,” which emphatically stated that a median load of laundry necessitates merely 1.5 ounces of detergent. To give you a more visual understanding, this is approximately the capacity of a shot glass.

Now, in scenarios where your laundry basket is brimming over or your clothes bear heavy stains, upping the detergent quantity might cross your mind. However, …