A Pack of Five Organic Cotton Reusable Tissues

This pack of organic cotton reusable tissues makes a nice little zero waste gift to yourself or others. Ideal for people with runny noses or when you get the sniffles, they are luxuriously soft on your nose, and can be safely laundered, without releasing microplastics into the sea.

Organic cotton is not just kinder to the earth and water, but also to farmers, who can farm cotton in hot temperatures, without having to wear facial masks or protective clothing (and massively reduces both their risk of cancer – and debt due to buying expensive pesticides from abroad).

And as organic cotton has not been bleached or treated with chemicals, the fibres are stronger. Which means this little pack of tissues should last you much longer, than conventional ones.

These tissues are a generous size, held together with a paper belly band. You can also add to your order a handy cotton mesh drawstring bag, which you can also use in the machine, to stop them getting lost.

Made with GOTS certified organic cotton, these are kind to red and sore noses, and made responsibly by a small family business at their own sewing unit in India. providing local sustainable jobs.

How to Safely Blow Your Nose!

Here is advice from those who know (doctors etc)!

Apparently most of us don’t blow our hooters properly, and this can lead to not just making us feel more uncomfortable with a cold,  but can make ears pop, rupture blood vessels and even force air into the middle ear (not good).

So next time you come down with the sniffles:

• Place one finger against your nostril, and apply pressure.
• Take a breath, then gently blow the other nostril into a tissue.
• Do the same on the other side.
• Wash your hands, to avoid passing germs onto others.

The Paper Tissue Waste Fiasco

Although you can now buy disposable tissues made from recycled paper (good for hospitals and those that need them), for everyday it may be best to invest a pack of hankies!

In the UK alone, over 5 million tonnes of used disposable facial tissues end up on landfills. And due to the contents in them (yuk!), they can’t be recycled.

Also remember that most paper tissues on sale in stores are sold in plastic packaging. Although in theory this can be recycled these days, in many cases it isn’t (and littered packs on streets result in plastic going down storm drains and into the sea).