A thirtysomething gal, a wife, a mama, and avid runner. Completely abusive relationship with coffee. Attached mama and semi-control freak, realist with perfectionist dark side. Prone to random song and dance.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Tea towels are in!
By the numbers: it takes 544,000 trees to feed Americans' paper towel habit each year; throw in disposable paper napkins, and that number tops 1 million according to the National Resources Defense Council.
Not only are paper towels bad for the environment, they're also very expensive! :(
We've cut our paper towel consumption down by about 90% in the last couple of years. Our puppy has considerably upped our usage again, but as soon as she's fully housebroken, I look forward to buying fewer paper towels. Right now, I just use them to soak up the accident, but I throw a cloth on top of the spot after I've doused it with Kids n Pets.
Awesome! We buy them occasionally but I now use reusable wipes for Owen and I go through tea towels like a madwoman. It really isn't adding to my laundry so much. I only use the paper for dog messes and the like. My little Nika, at nine years old, still can't make it through the night. sigh.
Not only are paper towels bad for the environment, they're also very expensive! :(
ReplyDeleteWe've cut our paper towel consumption down by about 90% in the last couple of years. Our puppy has considerably upped our usage again, but as soon as she's fully housebroken, I look forward to buying fewer paper towels. Right now, I just use them to soak up the accident, but I throw a cloth on top of the spot after I've doused it with Kids n Pets.
Awesome! We buy them occasionally but I now use reusable wipes for Owen and I go through tea towels like a madwoman. It really isn't adding to my laundry so much. I only use the paper for dog messes and the like. My little Nika, at nine years old, still can't make it through the night. sigh.
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