Comments on: Earth Girls Are Easy: Paper Towel Challenge

By: bethany

bethany — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:01:16 +0000

I only use one roll every couple of months… but I’m single… and I don’t like to use paper towels.

I prefer to use sponges for clean-ups and for “messes”, I use ordinary towels and wash them.

I even use linen napkins instead of paper ones… and wash them.

This may be one of the biggest areas that I’m a green person on… because I like trees.. I like them a lot… ;o)

By: lisaaaaaa6

lisaaaaaa6 — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:19:13 +0000

I agree. I got the same plan. lol Don’t use paper towels.

By: lisaaaaaa6

lisaaaaaa6 — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:38:27 +0000

I agree. When I used paper towels Viva was soooooooo thick. You could probably rinse the thing and use it again.

By: lisaaaaaa6

lisaaaaaa6 — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:32:40 +0000

just don’t buy any paper towels. Buy dish towels (rags. Hang them on the stove handle. The fridge handle. On top of the fridge. Wipe wet hands in the towel. Use one to wipe wet counter tops. Just remember to was them regular or they will get germy.

By: lisaaaaaa6

lisaaaaaa6 — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:28:55 +0000

Never heard of sham wow. lol

I use dish towels. Regular dish towels to wipe off counter tops and such. I wash the dishtowels and reuse. Easy.

By: Leah

Leah — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:53:20 +0000

‘I don’t like trees. I don’t like outside. I don’t like leaving the house.’

Woulda fell off my chair laughing if my fat butt wasn’t wedged in it!!

I use about one roll every 3-4 days I think. I use sandwich bags for my fella’s lunch sandwiches and as he has oozy cheese spread I wrap them up in paper towels before putting them in the bag. I also use paper towels for cleaning my kitchen worktops, with anti-bacterial spray. I’m a bit germ-phobic and tend to avoid using cloths, but I have a perfectly good washing machine so I may try cutting up some rags myself and using them.

By: nina

nina — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:18:24 +0000

OK, I’m sold. I’m gonna get me some of those! LOL

By: Melissa H

Melissa H — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:17:08 +0000

OMG, I posted before reading your comments, and I SO DID NOT just copy off Cat! I swear!!! Holy “the BOMB” crap! Wow.

Cat, you must be my long lost twin sister for us to be on the same mind meld here. Whoaaaaaa…

Okay – off to read the rest of the comments.

By: Melissa H

Melissa H — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:12:31 +0000

I haven’t bought paper towels in years.
Not cause I want to save the planet, but because I’m too cheap.
They are a waste! I bought a 4 pack of microfiber clothes from Dollar General for less than $3. These clothes are pretty big, so what I did was I cut 2 of them into quarters. Perfect sizes for cleaning up counter tops, tabletops, and basically everything else. We even use them when hand washing our dishes.

I left 2 full sized cloths intact for larger uses such as spills and mopping the floor. Yep, mopping the floor! Instead of buying the refills for my swiffer sweeper, I tuck in a microfiber cloth that I’ve dipped in soapy water and rung out.

Microfiber is the BOMB. Great investment.

Toss ‘em in the washer when they get nasty, just don’t forget NOT to use fabric softener or dryer sheets when you wash & dry them – if you use them to clean windows & mirrors the fabric softener will make them leave behind streaks. Boo!

By: D'anna

D'anna — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:42:25 +0000

We have paper towels and they last a long time. We mainly use them for cooking, e.g., bacon in micro, etc. I also use napkins. We use a “lot” of dish towels. And we use old baby cloth diapers/bibs as rags for wiping spills, polishing granite countertops, etc.

One pet peeve: If you are at work. Ask your person who buys the white paper towels for the dispensers to switch to the brown towels. Use unbleached and/or chlorine free paper products [copy paper, paper towels, coffee filters, etc.]. This might be your property manager who does this in the common area restrooms. One co-worker wears a towel on his pants (I know…hey, it works for some).

Another thing is paper plates. At work, we bought dishes and utensils. Every little bit helps. It’s hard to adjust sometimes. Use less paper products when you can.