Hand Towels

At work I do insist that we only buy hand towels made of recycled paper.

But at the end of the week the bin is stuffed with paper towels that have only been used to dry clean hands and then the whole lot is tossed into the landfill bin wrapped in a rubbish sack.

I'd say recycle the lot but someone will manage to throw a plastic bottle or something else in. Some people, even the quite intelligent ones, just don't seem to get the idea that recycling is a good thing, they just write the rubbish out of their memory as soon as it goes out for collection.

So you have to make a personal effort. I keep a small cardboard box beside my desk for hand towels and another beside my locker for the same + other odd bits of cardboard or paper that can go in the composting bin.

I also have a little plastic box for tea bags and banana skins and stuff that goes in my compost.

It won't save the planet but it does make a difference.

Reduce rating 0/10,
Reuse rating 0/10,
Recycle rating 2/10.