Reasons to Switch to Forest-Friendly Kitchen Roll
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 flimsy kitchen rolls, that are then wrapped in plastic. Just imagine the effect if everyone switched to recycled paper, bamboo or reusable cloths instead?
Naked Paper (use code englandnaturally for 10% discount) is a super eco-brand, offering recycled paper kitchen roll, facial tissues, kitchen roll and bathroom tissue, all sold in zero waste packaging.
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).
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.
Recycled Paper Kitchen Towels (from cereal boxes!)
Serious Tissues Kitchen Roll are made in the Midlands from old cereal boxes and newspaper, sold in plastic-free packaging. Saving the planet and creating local jobs, each delivery includes 6 (or 12) rolls of jumbo 100-sheet rolls in thick 3-ply size.
The tissues use non-chlorine bleaching agent to remove colour from magazines. Wholesale orders are supplied to shops, offices, hotels, pubs, hospitals and GPs.
These recycled kitchen paper rolls are not more expensive than quality supermarket brands, and work just as well. So stock up and you’ll never get short again!
Get 10% discount for subscriptions (pause or cancel anytime). Contact the company direct for wholesale orders.
Recycled Paper Kitchen Rolls (to fund toilets!)
Who Gives a Crap? sells these fab kitchen rolls, made from post-consumer waste paper, and sold in colourful paper packaging. Known mostly for its recycled paper toilet roll, it’s now ventured into making a few other products, to help stop deforestation.
And this company donates 50% of profits to sanitation projects abroad, so that people have access to clean hygienic toilets.
These absorbent tissues are ideal to wipe up spills on countertops, or wiping dusty areas. Each double-length roll has 135 strong sheets, in biodegradable 2-ply, with no scent, dye or inks.
The rolls are a bit shorter than perhaps you’re used to, but that’s okay. They work just as well, they are cut to this size to make shipping costs low, as they are mostly still sold online, for home delivery.
Because these rolls are in paper packaging, each roll is wrapped individually to keep out moisture. Wrapping them as two rolls in packaging would mean using plastic, and this company doesn’t want to do that.
Do These Paper Towels Cost More?
These recycled kitchen paper rolls are not more expensive than quality supermarket brands, and work just as well. So stock up and you’ll never get short again!
Super absorbent. And love that they’re eco-friendly.
Just as good and strong, as any other paper towels.
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.
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.
Organic Cotton Reusable Kitchen Towels
These reusable paper towels (use code ENGLANDNAT10 for 10% discount) are made from organic cotton, sold in a roll of 6 with corner snaps to easily fit around kitchen roll holders.
Most paper towels are made from trees from Boreal forests (home to elk, moose and grizzly bears) so making the switch supports their natural homes.
Ideal to use for wiping up spills and messy countertops, just throw in the washing machine to use again and again. Then at end of use, cut up and compost, or bin to naturally biodegrade. Line-dry (do not tumble dry, this will reduce absorbency).
Bumboo Bamboo Kitchen Rolls (fund rewilding)
Bumboo Kitchen Roll is made from bamboo (a fast-growing grass, industrial bamboo is not the same as fresh shoots eaten by pandas). Also in an unwhitened version, for each sheet you buy from them, they rewild double that area in nature.
Due to concerns that some bamboo kitchen rolls have been founded to be blended with acacia (deforestation concerns) or eucalyptus (flammable trees with wildfire concerns). Bumboo has independent third-party testing on its site, to confirm its kitchen rolls are 100% bamboo.
