You don't need to separate any of those things when doing laundry. You're just making more work for yourself. Modern laundry washing machines also have a "fini

You don't need to separate any of those things when doing laundry. You're just making more work for yourself. Modern laundry washing machines also have a "finish at" timer. I set mine to finish at 8am so after breakfast I empty it out. If we really need to do 2 loads a day (it happens sometimes with a family) then the second one is done around lunch time.