Abstract
Since an ancient era, laundry washing has been a part of human life. Until recent days soap was the only good partner at the washing, then after WWII synthetic detergents replaced the position. Laundry detergents have always been drawing public attentions concerning safety matters or environmental compatibility issues because of their nature of necessity chemical product with high volume consumption. At each issue the difficulties have been overcome by the technological innovations. Current main ingredients of the detergents and their development histories are introduced. Further, the requirements for laundry detergents to acquire more sophisticated quality as well as to fit into the coming sustainable society are discussed.
