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Can You Compost Paper Towels
Yes, you can compost a used paper towel if the only thing on it is food or water. Keep it out if it wiped up grease or oil, touched a cleaning product, or...
Ethan Park • 5 min readAre Bamboo Paper Towels Actually Eco-Friendly
Bamboo paper towels are eco-friendly only in a narrow sense. The disposable kind is better than towels made from virgin tree pulp but worse than 100%...
Ethan Park • 5 min readWhat Paper Towels Really Cost You Per Year
If your household uses paper towels regularly, you are probably spending about $200 a year on them, and more than $400 if you go through two or more premium...
Amy Roberts • 5 min readHow Often You Should Wash a Swedish Dishcloth
Rinse and wring your Swedish dishcloth after every use, hang it open to dry, and give it a full wash at least once a week. If you use it all day, or it has...
Amy Roberts • 5 min readHow to Make No-Sew Unpaper Towels at Home
When you finish, you will have a roll or a basket of cloth towels cut from fabric you already own, with no sewing and no snaps. The work is all cutting, so...
Sarah Mitchell • 4 min readThe Best Paper Towel Alternatives That Actually Work
For most US kitchens, the paper towel alternatives that work are two inexpensive ones used together. Use Swedish dishcloths for wiping counters and spills....
Amy Roberts • 16 min readUsing Electric Composter Output in Your Garden
By the end of this you will have your composter's output worked into a bed at a rate that feeds plants and doesn't burn them. The work takes about 20...
Amy Roberts • 4 min readFixing a Smelly Electric Composter
In about 20 minutes of hands-on work plus one run cycle, you can get a smelly electric composter back to near odor-free. The one thing to know first: a...
Amy Roberts • 5 min read