Okay, I definitely know how you can cut down on paper towel waste. Remember back in Day 6, when I suggested switching to unbleached paper towels made from post-consumer waste? Well, we did!
We now use less than one roll of paper towels a week, down by at least a whole roll. The reason? They suck. Seriously. (At least, the ones I bought suck.)
But that’s a good thing! Because I’ve found myself actually reaching for them and going, “Ugh. No way. That won’t work,” which has forced me to make a habit out of going for kitchen rags instead.
As for some of the other changes we’ve made so far?
The toilet paper, I must say, has been a good thing—for real. No, we haven’t given that up! We can hardly tell the difference between the recycled post-consumer stuff and the new-pulp stuff. It’s been great.
Cleaning-wise, I love Sun and Earth. I just cleaned a glass-top table with it, and it works great. The old blue stuff is on its way out! The laundry detergent seems to work well, too. Haven’t tried the dish detergent, yet, though. Still using up the last of my conventional stuff.
Natural shampoo? Haven’t found one I like. Suggestions are welcome. But the deodorant works well, and the toothpaste, too (Tom’s of Maine).
The supermarket bag thing is going really, really well. I estimate I’ve un-used about over 100 plastic bags so far.
The driving thing has been tough. It seems like there’s always somewhere we have to be, immediately, and we’re doing pretty much driving around. Need to find a couple of families to carpool with to the pool and swim meets.
Bought a couple of things like birthday gifts and graduation cards, because we’re sort of embarrassed not to. But otherwise, no unnecessary purchases so far.
We’re working on our list of ways to cut back every day, really starting to get into this. MallDad said the other day that it has been sort of a relief not to even have to think about buying things. We have a lots of free time now, too.
So, that’s how it’s going 1/4 of the way in. Another update in 25 days…
Tip for Day 25 – Make a list of little things you can change to reduce your waste, and try to implement one of those things each week.
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