1 in 3 People Only Wash These Once a Year, Survey Says By Paul Thompson of Best Life | 1 in 3 People Only Wash These Once a Year, Survey Says When it comes to cleaning, organization, and hygiene habits, you'd think it would be safe to say that most of us fall somewhere in the middle on a wide spectrum between obsessive and utterly unsanitary. But after seeing the results of a recent survey, we're not so sure. Hammonds, a U.K.-based furniture company, asked 2,000 adults about how often they washed various clothing and household items. Among the number of shocking revelations, arguably the biggest jaw-dropper was that 30 percent of respondents—or, 1 in 3 people—said they wash their bedsheets once a year or less. In other words, far less than the once a week,