I read a note in President’s Choice’s green brochure, stating that if every Canadian household uses post-consumer recycled paper towels and bathroom tissues, we can help divert 250,000 tonnes of paper. Which is the equivalent of 1.3 billion newspapers!
This is easily achieved by purchasing recycled paper towels and tissues. Most stores carry their in-store brand or an equivalent product, so we are spoilt for choice when it comes to purchasing green products.
However, there are options to using paper products in our homes. You can try using kitchen towels or kitchen clothes to mop up spills and stains. Chuck them in the washing machine, and you have a long lasting cleaning tool. In the toilet, avoid fancy antibacterial disposables and wet wipes, in favor of bathroom tissue (from recycled paper, of course) and plain old water and towels. For cleaning purposes, a sponge and Eco friendly cleaning products, either store bought or home-made, work perfectly fine. Remember good old handkerchiefs? Somewhere along the line, we stopped using them and replaced them with boxes of tissue. But cotton hankies (organic if possible) are softer and kinder to your runny nose. And like kitchen towels, they can be washed and reused an umpteen number of times. Old towels and bed sheets can be cut up to make serviceable dusting cloths. Old soft cotton tee shirts make great polishing cloths.
So, look in your cupboard today, to see what you can recycle.
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