Abstract: The present invention provides a laundry container that is uniquely operable as a standing hamper or tote when loading or holding dirty laundry and is sized and oriented to be closed and installed into a machine-washer and -dryer with the dirty laundry still within for cleaning without any user contact or interaction with the laundry articles themselves, the laundry container including features that allow it to be extended and stand upright for use as a loadable hamper or tote and to be collapsed, with or without laundry still inside, for purposes of transport or storage.