
Unpaper Towels: Great for Frequent Red Gatorade Spills
03/28/23 • 25 min
In the first episode of this new green living podcast, learn all about unpaper towels -- what they look like, feel like, maybe even taste like. Tiffany and Kat help you understand whether unpaper towels are worth your money and time, or whether you might already have something in your home that will do the trick.
As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Some links below are paid links.
What We Bought:
What We Mentioned:
- Swedish dishcloth we recommend
- Recycled paper towels
- No-sew and sewable unpaper towels
- Look up brands’ stance on viscose
- See the roadmap from Dirty Fashion to get to closed-loop viscose systems
Source Links:
- https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/ask-mr-green/2014/03/hey-mr-green-it-more-ecofriendly-use-rags-or-paper-towels
- https://www.patagonia.com/on/demandware.static/Sites-patagonia-us-Site/Library-Sites-PatagoniaShared/en_US/PDF-US/bamboo_rayon.pdf
- https://cfda.com/resources/materials/detail/rayon-viscose
- https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp111-c1.pdf
- http://www.ecolabelindex.com/
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/22/eco-guide-to-cleaner-cotton
- https://cfda.com/resources/materials/detail/rayon-viscose
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In the first episode of this new green living podcast, learn all about unpaper towels -- what they look like, feel like, maybe even taste like. Tiffany and Kat help you understand whether unpaper towels are worth your money and time, or whether you might already have something in your home that will do the trick.
As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Some links below are paid links.
What We Bought:
What We Mentioned:
- Swedish dishcloth we recommend
- Recycled paper towels
- No-sew and sewable unpaper towels
- Look up brands’ stance on viscose
- See the roadmap from Dirty Fashion to get to closed-loop viscose systems
Source Links:
- https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/ask-mr-green/2014/03/hey-mr-green-it-more-ecofriendly-use-rags-or-paper-towels
- https://www.patagonia.com/on/demandware.static/Sites-patagonia-us-Site/Library-Sites-PatagoniaShared/en_US/PDF-US/bamboo_rayon.pdf
- https://cfda.com/resources/materials/detail/rayon-viscose
- https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp111-c1.pdf
- http://www.ecolabelindex.com/
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/22/eco-guide-to-cleaner-cotton
- https://cfda.com/resources/materials/detail/rayon-viscose
Patreon: patreon.com/greeningupmyact
Instagram: @greeningupmyact
Facebook: Greening Up My Act
Email us with questions: [email protected]
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Welcome to Greening Up My Act
In the intro to this seasonal green living podcast, meet Kat and Tiffany. They're both marketing writers who will use their professional insights to spot "green hooey," or products that claim to be eco-friendly but actually aren't.
Learn which products are worth your time and money and which aren't. The first 12-episode season will focus on cleaning products like:
- Unpaper towels
- Compostable trash bags
- Homemade laundry detergent
- DIY window cleaner
- and more!
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This week on your favorite green living podcast, Tiff and Kat learn about compostable trash bags -- or, more accurately, food scrap bags -- and what they can and can't do. Join as we discuss what the bags mean to cockroaches and sea turtles, and add a few new lines of "green hooey" to your dictionary.
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What We Bought
100% Compostable Trash Bags
EcoGuard compostable 3 gallon food scrap bags
Sources:
You Asked: What Are The Most Eco-Friendly Garbage Bags?
Are biodegradable bags better than plastic? It's complicated.
Biodegradable Plastic Bags Aren't Better for the Environment
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Greening Up My Act - Unpaper Towels: Great for Frequent Red Gatorade Spills
Transcript
Hello, hello, cat. Low Tiffany, how are you today? Not too shabby. How are you? I'm also less shabby. Less than shabby, less than shabby. I think that's a really good word for this episode. So welcome to greening up my act
we are talking about unpaper towels today. Yes. Which I am really excited for you to teach me about because you have mastered the subject matter. And the art and the art from guests art and science and paper towels.</
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