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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113 comments on “People Are Ditching Toilet Paper And Getting Reusable Cloth Rolls”
I am surprised at the outrage and disgust over the concept of using cloth wipes. Our society is looked at by European cultures as wasteful, they are appalled at our backwardsness of not using bidets. They are common in their culture.
Who’s doing laundry? NOT ME!! Look how awful they look hanging in the bathroom!! This is disgusting!! Yes I know rags used to be used. That was then. This is now!
This is really no different than using cloth diapers. Just keep a diaper pail in the bathroom to soak them in, before laundering with bleach. Make sure the cloths are 100%
L O L this is exactly what I said, but so many people never even used cloth diapers in this day and age. I did so I know it wouldn’t be that bad but I’m glad I don’t have to do that. I’d rather use toilet paper.
I just can’t imagine. We have a bidet and I’d never use cloths that I have to launder after drying. GAG!!
What do you think was used before toilet paper?
Newspaper
I could see using this for wiping after peeing. Then using regular toilet paper after pooping. It would still save lots of paper…you pee more than you poop.
Have been using cloth whips for over 2 years and have only used about 5 or 6 rolls of paper in all that time. I just wash the cloth whips in the machine and use them again and again and nothing is nasty. saves a lot of money.
you think your underwear dont have invisable scraps of poop and Pee???? they go in the wash and we rewear them. I used cloth and I mention it to people and they think I lost my mind. Money was very tight and I had other things I wanted to spend my money on than throw away diapers. we all survived and no one got “sick” use s pail with vinegar water and bam no smell and you wash often……
You’ll spend more $, use water and detergent washing and drying these things. Yehew it’ll be like going back to a diaper pail in the bathroom,which I did by the way, only Pampers when travelling.
Yes, I rinsed the dirty diapers out in the toilet. Yes, I used bare hands but it was just breast milk passing through an infant. My children got potty trained at a year old. Consistency and desire helped mother’s want baby trained young to help with having less to wash. Soaking diapers in a diaper pail was common for a mother with babies. Men working as loggers in the woods, wipe on big tree leaves, or a hand full of smaller ones, my husband said if a man returned to work missing a sleeve they all knew this guy had a messy one. Disposable diapers came out in the 70’s but seemed expensive. I only used them when traveling far away. Disposable pads came out about the turn of the century 1900. Prior people got by on reusable everything. Some used pails with soiled wash cloths. And these women did not have automatic washing machines. People have become spoiled compared to our ancestors.
If you use a bidet, you’re already clean, you just need these to “dry” yourself with. I think it’s a good idea.
Disgustingly gross idea; using reusable toilet paper..might as well use cloth diapers. Adults produce alot more #2, than a baby ..would be stinky and messy. What about women having their periods? It’s a yiccjy idea.