Save a ton of trees, use these!

Facecloths! I pretty much have never used them for my face. But now they’re saving me and my husband plenty of $ and making a huge green movement right in my kitchen. We were going through 12 rolls of paper towels in 2 months when we were using them sparingly. But they were being over used for spills, basic cleaning, dinner napkins, drying hands, you name it… I was pulling 2 sheets off the roll and tossing it in the garbage before I knew it. I was unhappy with the precent of my garbage bag that was filled with paper barely being used but to wipe off the counter or to dry my hands. When I think about the amount of paper towels that my OCD-self has tore off and disposed of not considering the massive pile of waste in a landfill somewhere that my hands created... I feel a deep seeded guilt and a little desire to go hug a tree.

Instead...

I began this movement towards making my home paper-towel free and picked up a pack of 18 facecloths for about $4. I won't lie, the transition to facecloths was tough. At first we would both look at one another with wet hands wondering what to do but soon enough we adjusted. I keep the pretty colored rolled up cloths in a basket on the counter. I keep a small trash basket under the kitchen sink and just throw them in there when they’re dirty. I clean that small basket of small dirty towels in the wash machine whenever the basket it full and it takes me just a few minutes to roll them back up into the basket on the counter where they’re ready to make my life a lot greener.

I have not opened up a roll of paper towels since this movement started and I could not be happier! Today after my husband spilled his entire coffee on the ironically named coffee table he looked at me for assistance, I mentioned the dish towel hanging from the oven and it took care of the entire spill without using 15 sheets of paper. I then sprayed my vinegar mixture on the coffee table and wiped it down with a facecloth… instantly clean and environmentally smart!


Thanks to Jillie for the bright green idea! http://www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com/