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Absolutely–as long as you’re taking the proper care to wash and dry them so that no mold or bacteria can build up within the fibers. I mean, it didn’t seem like it would be that hard. BUT at the same time, paper towels are so convenient and we really used them out of habit for pretty much everything from cleaning and spills to wiping down Hayes’ face after meals.
I say ‘paper towels’, but they’re actually made of fabric – no paper at all. Even better than being made of fabric though, they’re made of fabricscrapsto further eliminate waste AND help anyone who’s interested, get started right now…in 15 minutes (or less)! Reusable and eco-friendly towels help reduce the negative environmental impact that traditional paper towels cause. This reduces environmental impacts like deforestation and land pollution when used paper towels end up in landfills. It also curbs air pollution, including lower carbon footprints and lesser greenhouse gas emissions. If unbeached, it makes the paper towels compostable. Cost-Efficient Also! It’s been suggested in the comments that you can sew a button hole on the end of each cloth, if you have a hook for it to hang from. Or add a little string that can be tied to cabinet handles, etc.And do my best to not run loads of laundry too frequently, which is why I have so many of these reusable paper towels on hand in my kitchen. I’ll touch on how many I have in just a minute. While I was putting this posttogether,I noticed a handful of tutorials out there for DIY unpaper towels that snap together and take the shape of a regular paper towel roll that you can put on an actual paper towel holder, etc. If pretty vintage designs are what you want from your reusable kitchen towels, we’ll spill the beans on ZWS Essentials .
I only had a couple of no-sew towels anyway, at the start, because the sewn ones were faster and easier. Ecologie is a smaller subset of the home decor company Danica—which explains why their not-paper towels look like a piece of decor themselves.At best—meaning you’re choosing paper towels from sources with sustainable forestry certifications—you’re still taking away necessary carbon sequesters.