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How I quit using paper towels and got a free massage!
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A few years ago I was buying bulk paper towels at Costco because everyone else was. I got home and tried to figure out where to store the 30 rolls of paper towels. That started me thinking, why do I use these? I don’t have to. I’m my own person, I do my own cleaning. I vowed that day I will never buy paper towels again, I quit cold turkey. I do spend a bit more doing an extra load or two of laundry each month, but it feels better to be spending money on reusing something rather than buying...
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The Swedish sponge cloth starts out firm; when it gets wet, it transforms into a reusable cloth for cleaning. The cloth is made up of 70% cellulose and 30% cotton and can absorb up to 20 times its weight in liquid. According to Scholz, one cloth is comparable to more than 1,500 paper towels.