Could you...

[Sara Noel]

Cut out using paper towels in your household?

I use them all the time, but I am considering cutting them right out. I use kitchen towels a lot too, so I am beginning to think, I could just transition into towels all the time. Some may argue washing the towels would be as much as paper towels, or that they get paper towels for so cheap that it's not an issue.

In our household, we use tons and tons, so it's a definite maybe.

Sara

[Michelle]

Nope, not at this point anyway. I joked with my younger dd today and told her that we're going to call her "Spilly". I am constantly wiping up after her!

Not only do I use paper towels, but I insist on using Bounty the others don't absorb as much IMO.

[Kay]

I usually end up switching between the paper towels and the napkins.

It's a toss up here, but IF I can get them CHEAP enough and all, I'll use them. Otherwise, I can just use the napkins and get the same effect.

As for the cost factor, it would take a LOT of towels and soap to equal the cost of the paper towels since you do towels anyway.

Others, like Chelle w/kids, can't really do without the paper towels for right now.

Thanks for an interesting thought, though. I'm going to pose that question to the other half as I need to buy more paper towels for use here. LOL

[Ann Austin]

Hi guys!! I'm new here, but I would like to give my point of view on the paper towels issue. I usually only use one roll of paper towels a month, and I buy them on sale and I never buy the name brands. I use towels and dish cloths for spills on counters and a mop for floor spills. I mostly use paper towels to cover food in the microwave, under a package of thawing meat in the fridge, and to drain anything that I fry (which is once in a blue moon) Also, using less paper towels benefits our enviroment, we use up less natural recources (trees and water), and less landfill space. So, thats my argument on paper towels.

[Pacma]

We have cut back in our use of paper towels. I simply refused to buy them.

Hi Ann Austin, We replaced our paper towels with brown paper bags. I put the fried chicken, sausage or fries in the bag and it does an excellent job of absorbing the grease.

[AmyBoz]

I used to NEVER use paper towels. I would buy a 12 pack on sale with coupons for next to nothing and they would last forever. However, we are in the process of selling our house and I am constantly Windexing the counters and appliances and the windows (to get the doggie nose marks off of them). So, at this juncture, NO! However, once we are in the new house, I'm back to my old paper towel ways.

[MicheleMomof3]

Someone had posted that if you had kids, you had to use them. Well dont tell my kids that LOL We have 3 kids and we dont hardly ever use paper towels. I took some old towels that had a few unsightly holes in them and cut them up for spills, wiping hands etc with. As for cleaning, I use newspaper to clean with windex.I buy paper towels on sale with a coupon only. And most of the time its to make my homemade baby wipes with them.
~Michele~

[lynn_22]

I don't know if I could elimanate them completely, but I have defintely cut my usage down a lot. Used to I would use a roll in a half of a week's time or at the most a week's time. The last time I bought paper towels was about 4 weeks ago and the first roll ran out yesterday! And, get this, I haven't replaced it with a new one yet.

[homesteadmamma]

I have not used paper towels in years. I use rags to wipe up spills off the floor or counter tops and I use napkins to wipe little faces. I also made a lot of dish clothes with flannel that were too small to make anything else, that I had left over from making pj's for the kids.

I find it more environmental friendly.

[simplemom]

I very rarely buy paper towels. I have always used old rags, that I cut up and save under the sink in a box, for spills, and this for the same reason as CJ.

[Mom23boys]

I rarely use paper towels. We use dish towels for all spills. I have lots to spare so I never run out.

[mom2matty]

I have also really cut way back on the paper towels. I am trying hard to stop buying them!!!!!!

[mrscornbread]

Well, for me paper towels were gettin so expensive. I had coupons for scotties tissue boxes 3 for 1.00. I keep a box in the kitchen and use them to wipe up little spills like coffee and stuff like that. A box of tissue lasts so long!!! And I bought lots for this. I still use paper towels for cleaning windows and some stuff.

[mylittle4]

We are trying hard here to be more earth friendly so we cut out the paper towels about 6 months ago. I also sewed up cloth wipies and I am working the diapers now.

[aylasmommy]

my dh would be lost without paper towels, so no I can't cut them out.

he uses them to cook his bacon, reheat his pizza,put his pizza on it,uses it to put his greasy food on it, for his guitar work, etc.

Me, I can usually get by using washcloths, I can't think off hand what I 'have' to use papertowels with. But I do know I would at least need paper napkins still

We have to pay 1.75 per load of wash, so I try to not make much laundry.