Serious Tissues (made from old cereal boxes!)
Each year, millions of tree are chopped down daily (mostly in Boreal forests that are home to moose, elk, wolves and grizzly bears), just to make facial tissues that are then wrapped in plastic. Just imagine the effect if everyone switched to recycled paper, bamboo or washable cotton tissues instead?
Serious Tissues offers quality paper tissues as nice on your nose as premium brands, but these are made from 100% recycled paper, in plastic-free packaging. As well as being free from dyes or scents, these tissues are produced in the Midlands, creating employment for local people.
Just bin these tissues for hygiene to naturally break down. Don’t flush them (they are thicker than toilet paper and could clog drains, and cause fatbergs and garden floods (which will not make you popular with your neighbours).
Made from old cereal boxes and newspaper), each delivery includes 6 packs of 72 tissues, in thick 3-ply size. The tissues are naturally off-white, using a non-chlorine bleaching agent to remove colour from recycled magazines and documents. Save 10% on monthly deliveries.
The company can also supply wholesale to doctor surgeries, hospitals, offices, hotels etc. The brand was founded by four fathers (collectively to eight children), who wished to do something to help. A tree is planted for each box sold (a million trees and counting) to store carbon and provide homes for wildlife.
At the website, you can subscribe online for big savings (you can pause or cancel anytime). This works out way more affordable than buying separate boxes in shops. And it’s good to have them on standby, as you never know when you’re going to get a cold!
Just what you need for colder weather. A strong tissue to contain your sneezes!
Great quality.
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
If you use disposable tissues, choosing recycled paper versions is a better choice for hospitals and those that need them for travel or hygiene.
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).
