My, What Green Thumbs You’ve Got
By: Shar
I’m not perfect in the slightest but it seems fundamental to care about the environment. If you care about the environment of your home, why not extend that to the broader environment?
If I may I also appeal to your cheapskate side, it’s just a lot cheaper to deal with smaller quantities of reusable stuff instead of constantly rebuying one-offs.
The list below also fits a bunch of aesthetics if you’re not into the white/beige life that a lot of “low/zero waste” influencers seem to be into.
Cotton hand towels: I bought mine from Target. It helps eliminate using paper towels to dry your clean hands/face in order to put on lotion, makeup, contacts, or touching food, etc.
Bar soap (unpackaged or only with cardboard) for body wash: There are a lot of great bar soaps to pick up using at local stores. I got mine from a local bookstore. There are plenty of moisturizing bar soaps out there - and most people aren’t as precious with the skin on their body versus their face. Get a soap dish or soap saver to keep your soap dry and not sticking to your shower shelf.
Small trash cans: People like to be completionists and throw out trash only when it’s full. Having a smaller trash can will make you slow down filling it up too quickly to avoid having to always toss trash out.
Reusable bottle that’s easy to clean: I picked up an Aladdin bottle. It twists open in the middle so it’s easy to clean instead of having to jam a bottle brush in. As mentioned in To Bean or Not to Bean, I don’t particularly drink coffee and I like iced drinks. I normally get a carton of chai tea concentrate and soy milk and mix those into the Aladdin bottle so I get my caffeine kick without having to purchase it from coffee shops.
Reusable cotton rounds: Skincare has become a huge phenomenon in the past few years. In the process, it’s ridiculous the amount of cotton rounds/puffs people go through. Just buy reusable ones. It’ll make life easier instead of having to drive to a store and pick up new cotton rounds when you can just throw yours in the wash with your towels and sheets.
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