Dream Cloth: A Washable Paper Towel Alternative
Tired of buying rolls of paper towels that end up in the bin after one use? Dream Cloth offers a fresh way to clean that keeps your home tidy and helps the planet. These reusable towels can handle big messes, simple spills, and everyday wipes.
Do not flush kitchen roll, it is designed to stay strong in water (so could block toilets). If the sheet is clean or lightly used, add (torn) to home compost. Oily sheets should be binned.
If using with cleaners, choose biodegradable cleaning brands (unscented for pregnancy/breastfeeding/babies and affected medical conditions). Avoid essential oils near pets (citrus oils are unsafe, so don’t use to clean floors/counters).
Sold in packs of 3, Dream Cloths are one part sponge, one part cloth and three parts marvellous! Perfect to wipe up spills or wipe countertops and appliances, the cloth can hold 13 times its weight in water, and is also fast to dry, so you never get that icky sponge smell.
When you first receive your dream cloth, you’ll notice is a bit crispy. But that what helps to stop bacteria. A quick rinse under the tap, and it magically transforms to absorb like a sponge, or scrub like a cloth.
What Are Dream Cloths Made from?
They are made from a blend of repurposed cotton and cellulose (wood pulp). So no synthetics like microfiber or recycled plastic). So they can safely be laundered or go in the dishwasher, without releasing microplastics into the ocean. Dry flat.
Do not use fabric conditioner (not tumble dry) as this reduces absorbency.
Designed to last around 50 washes (9 months), there are three Dream Cloths in each pack. So perhaps keep one for each wet room in the house?
Then just cut up and compost at end of use, or bin to naturally biodegrade.
And this company donates 50% of profits to sanitation projects abroad, so that people have access to clean hygienic toilets.
They’re not cheap (£8 for a pack of 3), but live up to all the promises. Would recommend them.
Good quality durable cloth, with sponge-like texture.
Really handsome cloths, and a good size for everyday cleaning.
I use them in the kitchen, bathroom and laundry. Best thing is they won’t contribute to landfill.
Why Switch to Eco-Friendly Kitchen Roll?
Each year, around 1 million trees are chopped down daily (mostly in Boreal forests that are home to moose, elk, wolves and grizzly bears), just to make kitchen roll that is then wrapped in plastic. Just imagine the effect if everyone switched to recycled paper, sugar cane or bamboo rolls instead?
Did you know that in Japan, nobody uses disposable paper towels? It’s because 11% of land is arable, so people there don’t have the luxury of creating landfills or even ‘industrial composting heaps’. If you’re fed up of sorting waste into two or three bins, know that residents of one Japanese town have to recycle into 45 categories.
