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- Becky Striepe
- October 5, 2010
- 4:06 pm
- 314 comments
Sure, using 100 percent recycled paper products beats using paper towels made from virgin fiber, but the greenest option is to skip the paper towels all together.
Whether you’re in the kitchen, cleaning up spills, or out and about, there are reusable options that can help you save a tree!
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Becky Striepe
Becky Striepe is a freelance writer and vegan crafter living in Atlanta, Georgia. Her life’s mission is to make green crafting and vegan food accessible to everyone! Like this article? You can follow Becky on Twitter or find her on Facebook!
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+ add your ownInstead of using anything to clean the litter box, invest in a Cat Genie--the toilet for cats. Not only do our cats love it, but we do too. No more scooping or touching litter--it connects to your toilet and you flush the waste away. It's great and will pay for itself as the litter is washable. It's definitely worth the money. No one would ever know that we have 3 cats because there is absolutely zero litterbox odor. Check it out: http://www.catgenie.com/
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what happened to stop using cloth because it retained germs?
this is great. i'm trying to transition out of using paper towels. thanks!
thanks!
I use rags to clean my cats litter box, after washing it in my bathtub with hot water a chemical free detergent and vinegar.
I don't use paper towels.
In the kitchen i use dish towels.
Microfiber cloths are great for cleaning. Rags too.
I also use rags and cotton towels to clean my cats litter box and hamster house. I wash them in the washing machine, and reuse them for the same purpose.
I also try to avoid using paper napkins. In my house we use fabric napkins.
i use cotton rags for just about everything, including the cat box. After washing the litter box with a gentle, chemical free soap, I wipe it down to dry. Then I spray white distilled vinegar, and wipe it down again. (I then add baking soda and swheat scoop).I toss the rags in the washing machine, using a liquid detergent as well as borax or washing soda. I will use the same color rags for the litter box, just in case, but sometimes I may forget, and still trust that it has been cleaned enough to reuse for other cleanups. I feel OK with this set up so far.
Hint! Where I was working, I'ld have to use paper towels in my job...But I always tore them in half or forths so I could get more "mileage out of each sheet, cutting way down on the shop costs and saved the company some money! ....I only used what was needed, instead of a whole sheet. At the end of 31/2 years, it saved them alot of money!
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