I’d love to see a real study on the environmental impact of paper vs. purpose made reusable towels. Cotton is incredibly resource intensive to grow & then into fabric. Then you have to wash them, using gallons of water and pumping waste into the treatment system. “Pulp wood” farms actually sequester carbon. I can see it if you’re reusing rags from cloth that would otherwise be landfilled, but if you’re going out and buying bespoke washable towels I suspect that this is a performant act.

I actually just did a quick search and couldn’t find anything that had any actual data, other than this Sierra Club calculation of water use, which says basically “it depends” and “it’s probably a wash.” If you’re using rags for the same way you use paper towels (reusing unwashed rags is a hygiene issue), you’re going to use a ton of water.

https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/ask-mr-green/2014/03/hey-mr-green-it-more-ecofriendly-use-rags-or-paper-towels

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sparkle.

Sparkle sucks.

Yes they do.

The paper quality is so cheap!

I love Brawny paper towels.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I looooovvvvvvvvvvvve Viva with ardent passion. So amazing.

But also expensive and super bad for the environment (more than just the paper waste - the ultra processed feel to Viva is just awful for the world). So I switched to Marleys Monsters unpaper towels (they are flannel and stick to a roll just like a regular paper towel), but endlessly washable and reusable. I really, really like them. Won’t go back to paper.

What's your evidence for Viva's environmental impact?

I’m not that poster, but clearly it’s thicker, denser weave requires more resources to produce and takes longer to break down.

I like the feel of Viva, but when I bought it years ago, the paper towels always smelled terrible when I’d use any spray cleaner. I couldn’t take the smell, so I use Bounty, which is cheaper anyway. I do a lot of environmentally friendly things, but I’m not ready to stop using paper towels yet. Maybe when the kids are grown and there are fewer messes.

Clearly this is science.

Anonymous wrote:Sparkle.

Sparkle sucks.

Viva is better but not cheaper.

Viva are definitely my prefered brand. They are thick and soft so one sheet lasts a lot longer. But they always seem more expensive when I shop and there are fewer sheets on the roll. I wish warehouse stores carried them. With prices going up on all products, we’ve been trying to be more frugal so it’s often Bounty on sale or Costco brand. The Costco brand and Bounty seem to have gone downhill in quality though. They are very thing. The last time I bought Viva it felt like such a luxury in comparison. I’ve been waiting for a sale so I can stock up on Viva.

Yes, the lint. OMG, the LINT!

Bounty. Viva has too much lint.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I looooovvvvvvvvvvvve Viva with ardent passion. So amazing.

But also expensive and super bad for the environment (more than just the paper waste - the ultra processed feel to Viva is just awful for the world). So I switched to Marleys Monsters unpaper towels (they are flannel and stick to a roll just like a regular paper towel), but endlessly washable and reusable. I really, really like them. Won’t go back to paper.

What's your evidence for Viva's environmental impact?

I’m not that poster, but clearly it’s thicker, denser weave requires more resources to produce and takes longer to break down.

I like the feel of Viva, but when I bought it years ago, the paper towels always smelled terrible when I’d use any spray cleaner. I couldn’t take the smell, so I use Bounty, which is cheaper anyway. I do a lot of environmentally friendly things, but I’m not ready to stop using paper towels yet. Maybe when the kids are grown and there are fewer messes.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I looooovvvvvvvvvvvve Viva with ardent passion. So amazing.

But also expensive and super bad for the environment (more than just the paper waste - the ultra processed feel to Viva is just awful for the world). So I switched to Marleys Monsters unpaper towels (they are flannel and stick to a roll just like a regular paper towel), but endlessly washable and reusable. I really, really like them. Won’t go back to paper.

Tell me about these washable paper towels. What if you are wiping up dog poop or raw chicken juice? Or cleaning the gunk from the sink? Do you just use these and wash on hot? If you still use regular paper towels for those situations, do you have two paper towel rolls on your counter?

DP: If I wipe up a water spill, use it to pick up ice, use it to wipe the splashes around the sink, wipe down something that’s a little dusty, with Viva I sometimes leave the gently used towel out to dry so it can be reused. If needed, I’ll rinse it in warm water.

If I used it for some of the other things you mentioned, I would, of course, throw the dirty paper towel away. The reason I use paper towels instead of cloths is so I can throw them away. The re-used paper towels are the ones I reach for first for yucky things like cleaning gunk.

Anonymous wrote:I looooovvvvvvvvvvvve Viva with ardent passion. So amazing.

But also expensive and super bad for the environment (more than just the paper waste - the ultra processed feel to Viva is just awful for the world). So I switched to Marleys Monsters unpaper towels (they are flannel and stick to a roll just like a regular paper towel), but endlessly washable and reusable. I really, really like them. Won’t go back to paper.

What's your evidence for Viva's environmental impact?

Anonymous wrote:I looooovvvvvvvvvvvve Viva with ardent passion. So amazing.

But also expensive and super bad for the environment (more than just the paper waste - the ultra processed feel to Viva is just awful for the world). So I switched to Marleys Monsters unpaper towels (they are flannel and stick to a roll just like a regular paper towel), but endlessly washable and reusable. I really, really like them. Won’t go back to paper.

Tell me about these washable paper towels. What if you are wiping up dog poop or raw chicken juice? Or cleaning the gunk from the sink? Do you just use these and wash on hot? If you still use regular paper towels for those situations, do you have two paper towel rolls on your counter?

Anonymous wrote:Which one is a better value, considering both cost and quality?

Bounty is the best paper towel on the market. Don't waste your money on any other PT.

I looooovvvvvvvvvvvve Viva with ardent passion. So amazing.

But also expensive and super bad for the environment (more than just the paper waste - the ultra processed feel to Viva is just awful for the world). So I switched to Marleys Monsters unpaper towels (they are flannel and stick to a roll just like a regular paper towel), but endlessly washable and reusable. I really, really like them. Won’t go back to paper.