I love helping the environment and looking for things to make the world better, but this is something I am generally concerned about. I just don’t know if I can get on board with reusable toilet cloth rolls.
Reusable Cloth Rolls
People are ditching toilet paper and instead are using these reusable cloth toilet paper and I don’t know how I feel about that.
How do these things even work?
Usually, with normal toilet paper, you either fold or crinkle it, wipe and throw it down the toilet. So how do you use these things?
Do you simply have to use a little corner at a time and let it hang there? Does it dry and that’s how it is reusable?
It simply does not make any sense at all to me!
To me, using reusable cloth seems so much messier.
Sometimes these rolls are all sewn together, making this all the more complicated.
If you are in a big family, do you all share, or does every member have their own?
I feel like it would make the bathroom smell worse than it already does. Unless, you have a bunch of these cloths and use them one at a time. To me, that is not worth the headache.
If you are reusing these, doesn’t it just mean you are spending a lot of money on laundry soap and other products? Not to mention all the water as well. Isn’t that just as bad as toilet paper?
What are your thoughts? Is this something you would do? I think I will pass and do something else to help save the planet.
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89 comments on “People Are Ditching Toilet Paper And Getting Reusable Cloth Rolls”
This is just disgusting for adults. Can you imagine the smell in the bathroom. What happens when you poop? Do you wash it out and hang it to dry? What about having a yeast infection, the smell that would leave on a cloth. What about menstruation, who would want to reuse bloodied towels even if cleaned, that just feels very ICK to let my kids and hubby use my menstrual pad. What about guests? Are they supposed to use them too or do you have a stash of guest tissue? There are so many sanitary questions I have. Its just not worth it. I mean, if it were a cloth diaper for a baby then ok, still messy but i get it however for everyday use is nuts.
Do guests wipe with the same cloth as the members of the house hold..?
I think my first visit would be my last if I came across this in someone’s home.
Okay….there’s one part of this that may be off putting to some, but please bear with me. First off, I cloth diapered ALL my 4 kids….and can’t help but worry and wonder about our landfills being clogged to the max by disposables….ugh.
Second, my mom (RIP 1911-2002 = 91 yrs) remarked how they used “rags” back in her day for their cycles they couldn’t even machine wash as those hadn’t as yet been invented so had to “hand wash” …and now this is the part which might offend, but some still refer to a woman’s time of month as being “on the rag”….and for good reason as suggested by what they were forced to use. I will say no more except I think this IS genius….or if it doesn’t sit well….get a BIDET….the cheaper models come in at about $40 and easy to install. I have both the cheap variety as well as the fancy with all the whistles, bells and chimes….but that was $475…..I actually prefer the cheap one as it isn’t as “whimpy” and does a great “job”!!!
Bidet should Conquer the problem. You just need to dry.
Yes install a $30 amazon bidet atachment
I JUST DO NOT AGREE WITH THAT KIND OF MESS AT ALL. THE OLDER YOU GET THE HARDER IT GETS TO DO THINGS. I BUY REGULAR PAPER AND ALWAYS WILL. THAT IDEA IS SO DISGUSTING AND VERY UNDESIRABLE , AND NOT VERY HEALTHY AT ALL.
I get it, truly I do. I’m 70, used cloth diapers on my children, had an aunt who survived polio but was handicapped and she had to use wash clothes for TP, I washed those as a pre-teen and teenager. Also, consider your ancestors. I heard my mother, aunts and grandmother discuss how they made their own monthly pads, washed them by hand and reused them. Remember my age, for the previous generation there weren’t automatic washers/dryers, many rural homes still warmed water over a fire. Sure it sounds gross but we have become a spoiled society when we cannot think about normal, natural bodily functions and ways to deal and at the same time save this planet by going back to some of the old ways. Do I like the idea? Nope, would I use cloths and wash them, absolutely.
I would do this in a heartbeat. I cloth diaper my daughter and this is really no different. They are washed extremely well. I guarantee my daughter’s diapers are the cleanest laundry in my house. Most people who do this use a bidet first and then use the cloth to dry off so in reality you’re not actually wiping poop.
There are other ways to have environmentally responsible toilet paper. There is tp made out of bamboo trees or recycled paper. I do a lot of things to reduce waste, but family cloth is where I draw the line. I am a nurse and I can’t imagine water getting hot enough to kill all the germs that would be in that.
It’s for those who use bidets. You shouldn’t be wiping poop on then you should just be drying off the water from you buttcheeks.
This method with reusable toilet cloths appears very unsanitary. The bacteria that forms with reusable toilet cloths would be unbelievable. During the pandemic people learned their lesson about not washing our hands consistently and keeping our mouth and nose covered. Now, you’re tryin to convince us that reusable toilet cloths with all kind of bacteria on it is safe. 1. Where are the used cloths kept until laundered? 2. When you have guest visiting or a function with many guest, how would you accommodate the guest with reusable toilet cloths. I wouldn’t want to wash the toilet cloth of a stranger or anyone outside my immediate family. No way.
Why is this weird to people? Tide laundry detergent has enzymes that basically kill all the germs. It’s the same as using cloth diapers and wipes. It isn’t that messy… cleaning the toilet or cleaning up after a pet is significantly more nasty. And if you pair it with a cheap bidet off Amazon then it’s literally nothing more than drying water off your bum.Â
Get a trash can with a lid and twice a week throw them in the wash. Do a quick pre rinse cycle, then wash on hot with Tide. It’s not hard. It’s not messy. It’s more comfortable. You end up cleaner…
Agreed! I think this is an excellent idea. Going to look up a pattern and start making them for myself. We’ve thrown the TP into a bag and taken it to the recycling depot for years…saves on the sewer system (our own) and I think this will save on the TP as well. A very smart idea…and when TP is no more (I believe that day is coming) I’ll be all set. Thank you!
It’saheckofalotcleanerthantoiletpaperalone.
Go back to using cloth diapers before starting a new trend for the entire family. Â When my 55 year old kids were babies, we didn’t have disposable diapers….maybe the rich had them. Â Couldn’t imagine not using cloth diapers. Â I would rinse the poop out in the stool first to get ride of it, then place in a diaper pail containing a soaking agent (forgot what I used now), then washed them on wash day. Â A lot of work went into taking care of that business. Â Not going back to those days ever. Â Toilet paper would be the method of choice for me.
I use them! I call them blotters :D. When toilet paper was hard to find, I got a bidet hose and made 5 in. square cloths for #1. I made a lot! They sit in a little basket, on top of the bucket they go in. Get washed once a week and no it doesn’t stink up your bathroom :D. Saves on water, saves on t.p.! Just the two of us, but I probably won’t have to buy t.p. again until next year.
are some tiny showers that we can use in every use of the toilet and wash. so we use much less toilet paper. fabric is not the best solution.
I see no discernable difference between this and non-disposable nappies for babies. When people started hoarding toilet paper at the start of the ‘zombie apocalypse’, I said then that I would cut a few old t-shirts and tea-towels into squares and use then wash and re-use them, everyone thought it was a gross idea. When I mentioned the analogy with babies’ nappies, most then shut up.
Absolutely.. been there done that
Ewwwwwwwww! Just ewwwwwww!
Friggin people have gone insane!! Cancel Culture now telling us we should change the way we wipe our ass!!
This is not cancel culture.. this is something people have been doing for Years and they do it because to lighten their impact
Do you see how ignorant people project and strength their own imagination into the past or into other invalid topics? How did this person project “cancel culture” into this? hahahaha!
NONONONONO!!!!!!!
I agree, this is pushing it over the edge now. Absolutely not for me.
This has NOTHING to do with Cancel Culture. Just YOU attempting to change the narrative, but that’s what YOU ppl do.
I cloth diapered all 3 of my kids (currently 8, 5, and 2). I also used cloth wipes. I imagine the cloth toilet paper is similar to the cloth wipes. It’s not as messy/disgusting as people think.
I used cloth diapers on all 4 of my kids and wash cloths to wash them. I also used different set of cloth diapers for my menstrual period as I am allergic to most of the pads. These look like the new diaper inserts. So u use it put in a pail and wash in washer and reuse
Not in my washer.
The picture of the cloth TP is crazy. Those are either diaper inserts or mama pads. You would use flannel wipes like those of is that cloth diper use. It would be much less smelly b/c they are not soaked in urine, just a small touch of urine. No need to bleach, just wash on hot. Everyone can use the same ones, they’ve been cleaned. I mean does every family member have their own bath cloth(washable not the spongy ones)? Interesting idea overall. I would do it for #1’s if my husband would, but he didn’t seem inclined when I told him about the blog:)
I wouldn’t  use that, it’s unsanitary to me and what about If you company using them or kids it’s messy and the smell
I use a cloth to wipe my arse already, because toilet paper sticks, rips, and bunches up in my crack. From many of the online “crotch selfies” with those little paper balls stuck all in there that women are posting these days, I can see that many of you have never learned that fact… Sad, because women have more “crack”, so to speak.