For my very first change on Green as a Thistle, I switched to recycled paper towels (sniff, it was so long ago, yet it feels like yesterday!). But the more I use my E-cloths for household cleaning, my hankettes for nose-blowing and my sleeve for mouth-wiping, the less I need them.
At the time, I thought my decision to go with Cascades as opposed to, say, Bounty was very representative of my goals with this project: Making baby steps, adjusting the way I live instead of scrapping it entirely, giving up a mainstream brand but supporting a smaller brand (of course all that went out the window as soon as I unplugged my fridge).
Now, however, I’m now realizing that paper towels aren’t even remotely necessary, unless you’re wiping up something that’s so covered in bacteria it needs to be thrown out — but even then, a good squirt of soap should fix that. It might take a second or two more to rinse out a cloth rag or dish towel, but it’s really not that much of a time commitment.
So as of today, Change #1 is officially null and void — I will not only be giving up TP, but PT too. Now if only I could get a nice dish towel like the one above…
Picture courtesy of Emma Bridgewater
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