Paper towels are my downfall. Although I have reduced my use of paper towels, it’s hard to resist their convenience, especially for cleaning gross things. Paper towels are bad for the environment in many ways, so I continue to look for other options. According to several sources on the Internet, the pulp and paper industry is the third largest industrial emitter of global warming gases. Paper towel manufacturing results in chemicals such as dioxin and other cancer-causing chemicals potentially ending up in our water supplies. One website indicated that globally, discarded paper towels result in 254 million tons per year of discarded trash. When the paper towels end up in the landfill, they generate methane, which is a powerful greenhouse gas. Some ideas on reducing paper towel use:
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